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Wikiwanderung

The act of reading through a series of often only tangentially related entries on Wikipedia by following interesting hyperlinks. Often takes up a surprising amount of time.
"What did you do today?"
"Oh I wasted the entire afternoon on one massive Wikiwanderung starting at the 'Tacoma Narrows Bridge' and ending up at 'Fatal Hilarity'."
by Woesinger July 25, 2008
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wikiprove

To show something is true through use of wikipedia with out verifying against any other source.
the attempt to wikiprove his accuracy was easily done with a quick edit of the article.
by AnglaChel June 25, 2008
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wikigurgitation

(noun)

The act of laziness in paper-writing which consists of reading the wikipedia entries appropriate to one's subject, then rephrasing them and submitting them as one's own work, often betrayed by misuse of technical or subject-specific terminology, or in the case of an oral presentation, mispronunciation of key terms.
Tom's idiotic description of Churchill as "clairvoyant and somewhat shortsighted" was an obvious case of wikigurgitation.
by luckbeatsplans March 4, 2009
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wiking info

Jessie is wiking info ,on the Wikipedia, because she needs to get more info.
by kat51 March 3, 2009
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wikipunk'd

Having some wild claim disproved by wikipedia. From
http://twitter.com/smerrill/status/1081857280
When Mike claimed some penguins were 12 feet tall, Skippy totally wikipunk'd him.
by Morydd March 16, 2009
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Wikiflow

Bringing up an article in Wikipedia and subsequently finding other items of interest, browsing through them--and having the same happen to you on the next page, allowing for hours of uninterrupted flow from topic to topic.
"John, why didn't you make it to the game last night?"

"I looked up that Dead Space videogame, ended up looking at 'Dead Space' inhaled with air, and then oxygen toxicity...I looked at the clock and it was two AM. Did you know you can die from drinking water?"

"..Fucking Wikiflow."
by Rycraft December 24, 2008
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wikitrue

When the source of information that you are passing along as fact is Wikipedia.
Her: Did you know that your birthday is the same day that Billy the Kid died?

Him: Is that true?

Her: Well, it's wikitrue.
by Sockurmum July 17, 2009
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