carrot-top

(verb)
1. To jump from Wikipedia entry to Wikipedia entry through related links until you've ended up on a subject completely unrelated to the subject you started with, e.g., starting at socioeconomics and ending at Carrot Top.

2. Similarly, in a conversation, jumping from topic to topic until neither party remembers what subjects led them to the final topic.

Sarah: "Good lord. How did I carrot-top from Lindsay Lohan to the Hanshin earthquake in Japan?"

Mark: "...and so obviously Kara Thrace was an angel sent from the one true God--"
Abby: "Hold it. Back up. We've totally carrot-topped from what to get for Beth's baby shower."

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