Extending the metaphor of "surfing" the internet, a Wikipedia rip current is the phenomenon of browsing Wikipedia and getting side tracked for hours by clicking related links.
I got stuck in a Wikipedia rip current, I started reading about the civil war then three hours later I found myself reading about butterflies.
by fmgugle4 July 21, 2011
They receive feedback along the lines of "I just see the Wikipedia NAZI moderator cunt-fest in operation on this page and think "Fuck Wikipedia".
by Jesus is Fraud May 24, 2011
A phrase coined by Bob in Music Theory and Ear Training I at the University of Toledo.
A person who is SO AMAZINGLY AWESOME at EVERYTHING, especially music theory, that they can honestly say that they are better than the most amazingly awesome website around, which is, of course Wikipedia.
A person who is SO AMAZINGLY AWESOME at EVERYTHING, especially music theory, that they can honestly say that they are better than the most amazingly awesome website around, which is, of course Wikipedia.
Paige is better than Wikipedia.
"You all sit there like you're better than Wikipedia, but your homework sure proves otherwise."
(the original quote was something like that.)
"You all sit there like you're better than Wikipedia, but your homework sure proves otherwise."
(the original quote was something like that.)
by betterthanwikipedia October 05, 2007
The teacher hit me with wikipedia stick 'o' death for using wikipedia as a reference on my school assignment
by DaShadows May 29, 2011
"I just edited some wiki articles as a joke.....They reverted them back less than a second later, you win again wikipedia!"
by RachTrap March 11, 2010
When Wikipedia (or other sites, like YouTube) draws you into clicking the next link on and on and on for hours on end. The "chain of evil" both binds you to your computer, and is fashioned by the binding of pages of the website together through the associations and similar meanings of their contents.
by Imp-poster November 18, 2014
by christi jones April 28, 2020