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Wikiholic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌwɪkɪˈhɒlɪk/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Polynesian *witi Hawaiian wiki Hawaiian wikiwiki Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *webaną Proto-Germanic *wabją Old English webb Middle English web English web English WikiWikiWebclip. English wiki Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic كُحُول (kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholbor. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English alcoholic English -holic English Wikiholic From wiki + -holic.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:wiki jargon) Someone who is addicted to editing Wikipedia or another wiki.
   • "A lot of them are probably the sort of people who would have social problems in real life," said one wikimaniac over lunch, as though being a "wikiholic" suggested a full and active life. 2006 August 9, “Gary Younge reports on Wiki-mania, and Wikipedia vandalism”, in The Guardian Unlimited:
   • 2005, Richard Quinn, as quoted by David Dyer-Bennet, “Re: Charlie Stross: Wikipedian Extraordinaire” (April 8), rec.arts.sf.written, Usenet I was blessed with insight, that rare moment of lucidity which can truly validate the Buddhist belief in a path to enlightenment: Charles Stross is a Wikiholic!
   • I'm a Wikipedia editor. A Wikiholic. I have some 500 articles on my watchlist (!!!) and I edit some of the more controversial articles on WP: the Islam-related articles. For many months, I have been butting heads with some Iranian Shi'a editors... 2005 November 27, Karen Lofstrom, “Peeve: Iranian Shi'a”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet):

Forms

Relateds

Wikipediholism · Wikiholism · wiki crack · editcountitis

Translations (11)

et vikihoolik (person who devotes lots of time to a wiki-based project) · ko 위키 중독자 (person who devotes lots of time to a wiki-based project) · es wikihólica (person who devotes lots of time to a wiki-based project) · ka ვიკიჰოლიკი (person who devotes lots of time to a wiki-based project) · ja ウィキ中毒者 (person who devotes lots of time to a wiki-based project) · da wikiholisme (person who devotes lots of time to a wiki-based project) · es wikihólico (person who devotes lots of time to a wiki-based project) · da wikiholiker (person who devotes lots of time to a wiki-based project) · uk вікіголі́чка (person who devotes lots of time to a wiki-based project) · uk вікіго́лік (person who devotes lots of time to a wiki-based project) · ru викиго́лик (person who devotes lots of time to a wiki-based project)