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wikihopping 

Following hyperlinks from topic to topic on Wikipedia as you continually come across concepts you want to explore in more detail. It usually results in simulatenously exploring multiple deep threads of related topics, but ending up in various places far from where you began.
I starting reading about Money Creation on wikipedia, and after wikihopping for an hour ended up reading about famous modern cases of Japanese ritual suicide. True Story.
wikihopping by dodgo December 29, 2008
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Wikihopping 

The act of traversal over many Wikipedia pages, typically to pages that are contained in the initial page you went to read.
Today i was wikihopping so much that i started reading a page on Samuel Clemens and ended up on a reading a page on the war atrocities by Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese war. (Via Mark Twain->Vivisection->Human Experimentation-> Second Sino-Japanese War)
Wikihopping by Stoyadoll42 June 28, 2010
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Wishopping 

Shopping for a wished-for product or service, either on-line or IRL.
I saw my cube mate wishopping for a new house yesterday.
I tried wishopping for some dicpics on YouTube, but I'll have to try somewhere else. . .

Wikihowing 

"What are you doing?"
"Wikihowing."

sans sheriff 

Lawless use of fonts or typography, with no regard to aesthetics or legibility
I'm putting this CV straight in the bin. Written totally sans sheriff.
sans sheriff by Jamarley July 3, 2019

Breadhead 

Someone who is addicted to obtaining money and building wealth. A money addict and fanatic. Breadheads often work more than one full-time job, and some even participate in illicit activities to "obtain the bread".
A breadhead is like a crackhead, but for money instead of crack.
Breadhead by 🅱️ U S 3 4 8 March 30, 2022

Stink lines

As seen in illustrations or cartoons: Wavy, vertical lines rising above a person, place or thing. Denotes a foul odor.
"You didn't put enough stink lines on your picture of the teacher."
Stink lines by Athene Airheart March 14, 2004