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-turn to Wikipedia as the first and only source of information for a topic
-relentlessly defend Wikipedia's factual accuracy
-become uncomfortable when hearing information that he/she has not read on Wikipedia
-access Wikipedia several times a day
-spend much more time on Wikipedia than originally intended
-Wikipedia race
-compulsively switch to other Wikipedia articles, using the hyperlinks within articles, often without obtaining the originally sought information and leaving a bizarre informational "trail" in his/her browsing history (Such as from "Hmong language" to "list of most prolific serial killers")
-access Wikipedia for recreation
-enter a trance-like state while reading that is disorienting to exit
-constantly disseminate information read on Wikipedia
-turn to Wikipedia as the first and only source of information for a topic
-relentlessly defend Wikipedia's factual accuracy
-become uncomfortable when hearing information that he/she has not read on Wikipedia
-access Wikipedia several times a day
-spend much more time on Wikipedia than originally intended
-Wikipedia race
-compulsively switch to other Wikipedia articles, using the hyperlinks within articles, often without obtaining the originally sought information and leaving a bizarre informational "trail" in his/her browsing history (Such as from "Hmong language" to "list of most prolific serial killers")
-access Wikipedia for recreation
-enter a trance-like state while reading that is disorienting to exit
-constantly disseminate information read on Wikipedia
Patient: Doc, I can't stop reading Wikipedia. I'm on it for hours a day! My wife says she's going to leave me because I don't believe anything she says. I have to check it on Wikipedia first.
Doctor: It sounds like you have wikiphilia.
Patient: What's that?
Doctor: Look it up on Wikipedia.
Doctor: It sounds like you have wikiphilia.
Patient: What's that?
Doctor: Look it up on Wikipedia.
by karsownr May 21, 2009
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winophilia is a driving characteristic of one that enjoys exploring and discovering wines.. whose goal is to taste all sorts of wine, throughout the world. A winophile is someone that relishes the taste, bouquet, and varied hues of individual wines.
they were winophiles... traveling the world in search of the best wines nature and man had to offer. The couple was seriously bitten by the winophilia bug.
by anna marie avery November 8, 2009
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by quite-contrary May 2, 2009
Get the Wikiphilia mug.The fetish of pulling a newborn child out of the mother’s womb and interrupting its first breath with oral sex.
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