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wiki walk

Randomly following Wikipedia links and reading articles, which ends up wasting a lot of time.

The longer the walk, the more unrelated the articles become.
I meant to read one article, but ended up on a wiki walk for the afternoon.
by wiki_walker June 29, 2010
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Walking Wiki

Another word for a know all. A person who knows alot about sports, current events, trivia and general random facts.
"Man, that new guy sure is clever! He knows everything"
"Yeah. He's a walking Wiki"
by anitagalebee May 13, 2007
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wikiwalking

(v) to follow hyperlinks through various wikipedia articles with no express destination
"I've been wikiwalking since 9 o'clock! - started off in Bangladesh and ended up at Prime Minister's Questions!"
by aeonsound August 12, 2006
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WikiWalking

Looking up something on Wikipedia which then spirals into reading pages and pages of different articles.
Gary: Hey man, you look tired.
Ash: I'm exhausted. I was looking up The Fountain of Youth last night and ended up WikiWalking until about 3am.

Jimmy: I'll catch up with you in a bit, I'm going for a WikiWalk
by Merlingoth January 27, 2013
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Wikiwalking

Wikiwalking is a speed game which two or more people can play on Wikipedia. They choose a start page and an ending page. The first one to the final page wins that round, and normally you play the best two out of three.
My friend and I were Wikiwalking all night long!
by SWCrazyFan October 26, 2010
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