Wikipedia
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English
Wikipedia has an article on: WikipediaEtymology
Blend of wiki and encyclopedia, coined by Larry Sanger.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ˌwɪkɪˈpiːdɪə/, SAMPA: /%wIkI"pi:dI@/
- (US) enPR: wĭ'kēpēʹdēə, IPA: /ˌwɪkiˈpiːdiə/, SAMPA: /%wIki"pi:di@/
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Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -iːdiə
Proper noun
Wikipedia (plural Wikipedias)
- (trademark) An open-content online encyclopedia, collaboratively developed over the World Wide Web.
- 2005, Financial Times, December 14.
- Work in the open-source software community or contribute to wikipedias on your favourite subjects.
- 2005, Financial Times, December 14.
- (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) A version of this encyclopedia in a particular language.
- There are over three million articles on the English Wikipedia.
Quotations
- 2006, Cindy Long, "Getting WIKI With It", NEAToday 25 (2): 40 (October)
- It’s because of this open editing feature that Wikipedia draws praise, criticism, and, at times, vandals.
- 2007, The Time Team, Doctor Who Magazine 384: 57 (June)
- "He probably looked them up on Wikipedia," suggests Peter. "That would explain why it’s so inaccurate," sighs Jac.
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Wikipedia (plural Wikipedias)
- (figuratively) A source of abundant encyclopedic knowledge; a modern encyclopedia.
- 2009, Baze Mpinja, "Six Beauty Secrets Every Model Knows", Glamour magazine on Msn.com
- Rules and insights from some of the hottest new faces in the biz—they’re walking Wikipedias of hair, skin and makeup knowledge.
- 2009, Baze Mpinja, "Six Beauty Secrets Every Model Knows", Glamour magazine on Msn.com
Verb
to Wikipedia (third-person singular simple present Wikipedias, present participle Wikipediaing, simple past and past participle Wikipediaed)
- To consult Wikipedia for information.
- Used intransitively.
- 2004 January 7, Mike Pitt, "Re: (Non-Euros/SAs Only) How did you become a lover of football?", in rec.sport.soccer, Usenet:
- Did a bit of Wikipediaing: […]
- 2005 August 18, Edward Cherlin, "Re: Slow Re-entry", in rec.arts.sf.science, Usenet:
- Is everybody in this group incapable of arithmetic, Googling, and Wikipediaing?
- 2004 January 7, Mike Pitt, "Re: (Non-Euros/SAs Only) How did you become a lover of football?", in rec.sport.soccer, Usenet:
- Used with an object denoting the information sought or obtained.
- 2006 November 17, Rachel Maddow, on Paula Zahn Now:[1]
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- I mean, it's true, if Katie Holmes had not become engaged to Tom Cruise, we'd all still be Wikipeidaing her, looking her up, trying to figure out exactly why do I know her, what was she in, is she famous?
- 2009, Roger Ebert, Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2010,[3]
[4] Andrews McMeel Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7407-8536-8, page 363:
- He made me curious enough that I Wikipediaed Bob Satterfield and found out, yes, he was a real fighter, nicknamed the Bombadier, and was KO'd by the Raging Bull himself in a 1946 fight in Wrigley Field.
- 2010 April 7, "Jeff K.", "Like a Drunk One Legged Pirate Stores His Rum, The aTable Stores Your Cords" (blog post), in CraziestGadgets.com:
- That’s a true fact, you can Wikipedia that shizz.
- 2010, Rachel Cohn, Very Lefreak, Random House, ISBN 9780375895524, chapter 3:
- […] her mother was "homeschooling" her via the Internet (basically, Wikipediaing the Important Facts from the History of the World, and ordering appropriate-level math textbooks from Amazon) […]
- 2006 November 17, Rachel Maddow, on Paula Zahn Now:[1]
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- Used with an object denoting the specific article consulted.
- I wikipediaed the article on science and learned about the scientific method.
- Used intransitively.
- (Can we verify() this sense?) (transitive) To add or an article of the Wikipedia online encyclopedia.
- I am going to wikipedia the article on my favorite actor.
- 2005 April 29, David DeLaney, "Re: You are like GODS to them!", in alt.religion.kibology, Usenet:
- If I did Wikipediaing, I’d put your effort under the definition of ROXXORZ.
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Dutch
Dutch Wikipedia has an article on: WikipediaEtymology
Borrowed from English.
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Proper noun
Wikipedia
Limburgish
Etymology
From English Wikipedia.
Pronunciation
- IPA: [wi˧ɡəˈpeːədia]
Proper noun
Wikipedia
Swedish
Proper noun
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Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:56:39 GMT+00:00
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