The Wik

Short for Wikipedia, "the free encyclopedia."

Did you know that Laura Bush killed a guy? It's true. I looked it up on The Wik.

by W_L January 20, 2009

hit the wik up

when researching on wikipedia you are hitting the wik up

A: Ayo I gutta hit the wik up for this English project tonight, mang!
B: Yo, me too guy let hit the library up as well.

by JAI WAYZY FO SWAZY PLAYA February 1, 2007

What the Wik read

Similar to what the lick read, but used when three-eyed Wandas are in the vicinity

I hollered what the Wik read because those girls were looking painful.

by J-Dubasis the duece April 27, 2010

The Wikipedia Effect

The Wikipedia Effect is the tendancy for inquisitive people to become caught in an endless series of pages on the popular open-encyclopedia, "Wikipedia", to which they are forced to read every single page they've opened.

This tends to happen thanks to Wikipedia's inter-linking model, which links important words in a particular article, to an entire article on that word. The trend can then easily cascade from there, ending in dozens of pages that a user finds interesting.

"Don't you just love The Wikipedia Effect? It sure is a good way to stave off boredom."

by ceosion December 24, 2008

The Wikipedia Game

A game that is played on the website Wikipedia.org. In this game, two or more people go from one Wikipedia page to the other by clicking on the blue highlighted words. The starting and finishing pages are determined by either clicking on the random page option or simply by choosing pages in advance. The winner is determined either by who gets to the finishing page in the shortest amount of time, or by who gets there with the fewest clicks. If one computer is faster or slower than the other, it is more reasonable to decide the winner by number of clicks. You cannot use search or the toolbox list of links. You can only go back if the page hasnt fully loaded or if it is a dead end. It is a good game to play when you are supposed to be working.

Jeff got from Willy Wonka to Optimus prime in only seven clicks! Now that is impressive!

By the time Phil got to Giraffe, Katie was stuck on Norwegian Desserts. She sucks at the Wikipedia Game.

by Breakfastfan April 27, 2010

Waiting for the Wiki

The time it takes for an event to be recorded or updated on Wikipedia after the event has occured.

The down time of Waiting for the Wiki was much quicker when Michael Jackson passed away, compared to when Hurricane Katrina hit. Sick, I know.

by Gingabreadman186 July 11, 2009

Lost In The Wiki's

Going on Wikipedia to search and spending way longer than needed because you click on other names.

Dude, I was going to call you back but I got lost in the wiki's. I was looking up John Goodman and an hour later I found myself at Francis Ford Coppola. Did you know he and Nicholas Cage are related?

by finkers08 September 8, 2011