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wikiwhorl

A type of internet browsing phenomena. Begins very small, with one or two tabs from Wikipedia open in a browser. Quickly grows,often up to fifteen or twenty tabs large. The cause of countless wasted evenings.
Me: "I had like 50 tabs open off of one subject."
Katie: "You got caught in a Wikiwhorl!"
by ththeiwo June 20, 2008
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wikihole

"Going down a wikihole" is a term used to describe the phenomenon in which one opens a wiki article about something cool, clicks on a link to another article about something ever cooler, and eventually comes up for air 6 hours or so later after having clicked on all manner of related cool wiki links. The word is based on "wiki" as in "wikipedia" plus "hole" as in rabbit hole, and is inspired by the notion that wikipedia offers its own highly seductive type of single-user rabbit hole. It is similar in meaning to "wikitrail" but implies a certain loss of control at some point.
Damn! It's already 2 a.m.! I just wanted to look up this one thing about coffee and ended up winding my way through a four-hour wikihole!
by Pennsylvania Dave July 11, 2011
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wikiworthy

Being of sufficient notability to warrant an entry on the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia.
He became a superstar overnight. With that, he became wikiworthy and the nerds are compiling his life story as we speak.
by capr0c0t February 6, 2010
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Wikiholic

A person whos addicted to wikipedia and does things like wikihops
Tom: "Whats takin Greg so long"

Tim: "He's probly on wikipedia he's such a wikiholic"
by TBOJR February 10, 2010
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Wikiwhore

Person who uses wikipedia WAYYY too much.
I used wikipedia for my term paper. I'm such a wikiwhore.
by LunaR May 27, 2007
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Wikiworld

A socio-political milieu in which truth and facts are disregarded when lies, gossip, and other forms of misinformation enable the liar to make a buck, sell some soap or win an argument. Derived from Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia in which printed information may or MAY NOT be factual.
Viewer one: "Oh man, did you hear that Channel 7 just reported that the little bit of rain we had last week actually made the drought WORSE instead of better?"

Viewer two: "What! How is that even possible? That's so Wikiworld!"
by SimpleSpyman April 15, 2008
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Wikiaholic

Someone addicted to either reading, or editing wikia articles.
Tom is a wikiaholic, he reads various wikia articles around 20 times a day.
by XxxBroxxX January 24, 2010
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