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A wiki-hangover (alternatively, wiki hangover) is when you wake up in front of your computer with a stiff neck, bloodshot eyes, and a headache, from looking at your computer screen for too long. You vaguely remember the night before, looking up something about planetary motion. From there it was the Fleet Satellite Communications System, and you have a blurry memory of global cooling. Based on your open tabs, it appears that at some point during the night, you got up to stumble across aquatic gastropod mollusks before passing out again. You swear to yourself, "Never again."
Oh, you'll hold out for a day or two; some people even last a week. But at some point, you'll get a little red notification on the globe at the top of your Facebook screen, and somebody will post a link on your wall, saying, "Hey, this is the article I told you about," and before you know it, you're right back on "the glow." Oh, one article won't kill me, you tell yourself. Maybe just look up one or two things mentioned that you need some background about before you can really understand the one your friend sent you. But that's how it starts. And you can learn to recognize the signs.
"Oh, dude, I was bored last night and thought I'd hop online, and this morning I woke up with the WORST wiki-hangover."
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A hypnotic state, characterized by aimless clicking through Wikipedia for hours on end. May cause loss-of-sleep
Last night around 10:00 pm I was looking up The Critic TV show on Wikipedia. Before I knew it, it was 12:15 am and I knew a little more about Walt Disney, the Epcott Centre and Scooby Doo. Where did those two hours go? They were lost in a Wiki-trance!
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A term that is not allowed on Wikipedia and is automatically removed by a wiki bot. Often known as the "secret 6th Pillar" of Wikipedia - that a page titled "Wiki Nazi" will never be allowed and immediately removed because editors at Wikipedia are NOT biased and we do not allow the concept that an editor of Wikipedia could be bias.
A quote taken form the net "Just had a go at creating a page for Gonzo Rock: some Mother Bitch of a Wiki Nazi deleted its ass". Wikipedia take note Wiki Nazi is in common use! Our victory over the Wikipedia Nazi is at hand!
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a derogatory term. After reading up on a subject from the internet, yet misunderstanding or having only a partial comprehension of the subject mattter, you can self-award a wiki-belt. Or others who are more knowlegible can give you a wiki-belt.
Eunice got her wiki-belt in 'boys' after reading marieclaire.com !
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The tendency for one to go to Wikipedia to look something up, but then continue to click on Wiki links on subsequent entries for hours.
I started at biochemistry and ended up on ska punk. I did a wiki-clicky for like 6 hours!
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Using the hyperlinks in Wikipedia articles to follow a trail from one subject to another.
I was wiki-surfing today and discovered Godwin's rule.
Going to a article and finding interesting links, and following links to same site, for a long time, like you were in a trance.
Man, I wikipediaed "Mongolian Grill", and I wiki spiraled for an hour before my boss caught me.
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