Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. satirical The ability to rewrite reality by editing a Wikipedia page through majority consent.
Etymologies
- Blend of Wikipedia and reality coined by Stephen Colbert on the 2006-07-31 airing of his show, The Colbert Report. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The only way a fringe view should become mainstream is because of persuasive arguments and/or new evidence - not because of their increased "wikiality" or because they win a popularity contest among the inadequately informed.”
Be It Unto You According to Your Faith...In What You've Read On the Web
“Vandalism spiked in August 2006 after comedian Stephen Colbert ” in the wake of Stacy Schiff's excellent but slightly frosty New Yorker article about Wikipedia ” invited viewers of his show to post made-up facts about the increase in the population of African elephants, as proof of the existence of something that was not reality but "wikiality" ” a cheap shot, but mildly funny.”
“The 2 wikis I trust at all are wikiality and wikitruth.”
Information, Culture, Policy, Education: How much of the Conservapedia is hoax content?
“Interesting how wikiality reflects reality by failing to recognize the countless years of research low-carb proponents have wasted successfully arguing the same position over and over again, and yet failing to get its due.”
Is a calorie always a calorie? | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.
“Colbert coined a term, wikiality, to describe this agreed upon reality one of The Word segments, I can hunt it down if you are unfamiliar with it.”
Is a calorie always a calorie? | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.
“Posted Aug 4, 2006 at 6:44 AM | Permalink | Reply re 10, 12, 13, 19 Rocks, welcome to “wikiality”, as defined by that eminent Journalist Stephen Colbert.”
“Apparently, he raised quite a ruckus by modifying pages in the name of “wikiality” and did this on air.”
“So between a Premier who talks in hollow sound bites, renders observations about himself but attributes them to others and a radio call-in host who thinks wikiality is a viable basis for intelligent society, Newfoundlanders and Labradorians are left wondering one thing:”
“There does not seem to be an article on wikiality. com, as a big proponent of truthiness, and gut thinking, I would consider adding this to the UNBIASED conservapedia.”
“But as our world becomes more thoroughly suffused with wikiality, social networking, and blogs, these tools threaten to endanger our experience of otherness.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘wikiality’.
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Colbert Report Neologisms
colbucks, femistapo, filliam h. muffman, humani, hiphopketball, jazzebration, lincolnish, megamerican, personating, superstantial, world of colbertc..., truthiness and 31 more...
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Carlos' Words
monstropolous, absquatulate
pinguid, triffid, calque, refulgent, monstropolous, Seanchaí, clinquant, Chryselephantine ..., peavey, milium, swage, Burtillon, Burtil... and 214 more...
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this modern world
Markers of the zeitgeist, don't expect all of these to go the distance. The great majority are taken from Paul McFedries's excellent book "Wordspy"
retail therapy, compulsive shoppi..., clicks-and-mortar, dot.commer, middlescence, boomeritis, dorian graying, sandwich generation, boomeranger, full-nest syndrome, wellderly, brand equity and 226 more...
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Daily Show and Colbert Musings
They put the fake in fake news, and they're still more real than the real news. Go figure!
catastrofuck, gee whiz, looting, correspondent, precisely, reprisal, numbnuts, callous, terrestrial, capper, report, sociopath and 114 more...
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The Wørd
Trademark of Stephen Colbert and The Colbert Report.
truthiness, bacchanalia, disappointed, love handles, pussy, overrated, perspective, quitter, alito, camilla-mania, cat, shhhh!... and 335 more...
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amcd56's Words
undisillusioned, truthiness, wikiality, nonunparallel, bafflegab, otiose, snarky, gynotikolobomasso..., battology, unasinous, zaftig, mumbo-jumbo and 122 more...
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lucidityprevails's Words
lucidity, journalistic, truthiness, foolhardy, egotism, lesbian, orgasmic, activism, moonglow, voodoo, conquer, demolish and 534 more...
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JoshHickman's Words
gynotikolobomasso..., congruence, squalor, aegis, descry, urbane, obfuscate, ribald, libel, alliteration, lexicographer, gesticulation and 14 more...
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Mindless Words
That which is without reason.
shibboleth, truthiness, sheeple, groupthink, propaganda, belief, dubious, platitude, jingo, hexakosioihexekon..., wikiality, cliché and 7 more...
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The Intertubes
Yep, I have to separate them now. These are words relating to the internet, computers and related stuff.
meme, copyleft, internet, squee, qwerty, wikiality, zeitgeist, wordie, debian, id10t, snowclones, o rly and 7 more...
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Random Words I Like
deliquescent, doppelganger, caricature, simulacrum, anhedonia, sesquipedalian, autotroph, tmesis, comminution, foofaraw, tabellion, truthiness and 52 more...
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neologisms & personal vernacular
some of these are actual words with widespread usage, but I use them heavily or to mean something slightly different than everyone else. Common slang is thrown in here too.
truthiness, wikiality, cearth, foodstuffsyay, showerize, ugly-cute, lackage, gnap, procrastishower, suboptimal, highly nontrivial, drink the koolaid and 3 more...
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Good little word, good boy!
workaround, annyong, plethora, truthiness, antediluvian, waffle, vertigo, incognito, coolness, wireless, wikiality, lincolnish and 1 more...
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vera's Words
veracious, set, rhythm, defenestrate, ninja, argyle, supercalifragilis..., tango, posse, idea, hobbit, sufficient and 80 more...
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Daily Show/Colbert Report
Self-explanatory, I'd think.
catastrofuck, gravitas, french, balls, nutmeat, truthiness, wikiality, scorn, guitarmageddon, jingleterns, nailology, colbertainment and 19 more...
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brelki's list
Words I love....
unpeterbed, pulchritudinous, august, adorable, gingerly, houghmagandy, pimptastic, wikiality, philomachic, libratory, giggot, burry and 6 more...
Tweets
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