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A person who updates Wikipedia immediately after a breaking news story regardless of how mundane and/or apocryphal it may be.
Derived from Wikipedia (a Web site that allows collaborative editing of its content and structure by its users) and Pedant (a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning).
Derived from Wikipedia (a Web site that allows collaborative editing of its content and structure by its users) and Pedant (a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning).
You mean to tell me you were online Saturday night at midnight updating Wikipedia's Scotty Bowman entry after rumours of his impending hiring by the Toronto Maple Leafs? Man, you're not only a wikipedant, you are a loser!
by tim13 August 05, 2007
May 5 Word of the Day
A catch all word to describe anything that is basic, uncool or untrendy. According to The New York Times, "cheugy (pronounced chew-gee) can be used, broadly, to describe someone who is out of date or trying too hard."
Things that are cheugy:
The New York Times
PT Cruisers
Goldendoodles
Australians
Addison Rae
White people
Billionaires
The person writing this definition
Things that are cheugy:
The New York Times
PT Cruisers
Goldendoodles
Australians
Addison Rae
White people
Billionaires
The person writing this definition
by Callmemaybe69 May 04, 2021
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wik-ee-ped-nt (n.)
1. a person who is excessively concerned with looking up minor details and rules on wikis (notably Wikipedia) or with displaying their internet-learning, esp. when it has just been learned.
2. a person who adheres rigidly to the content of wiki pages without regard to common sense.
3. a person who is v. ostentatious or condescending when engaged in the above behavior.
Other forms: wikipedantic (adj.), wikipedantry (n., an example of wikipedantic behavior)
1. a person who is excessively concerned with looking up minor details and rules on wikis (notably Wikipedia) or with displaying their internet-learning, esp. when it has just been learned.
2. a person who adheres rigidly to the content of wiki pages without regard to common sense.
3. a person who is v. ostentatious or condescending when engaged in the above behavior.
Other forms: wikipedantic (adj.), wikipedantry (n., an example of wikipedantic behavior)
by Shaestorms May 01, 2014