wikiholic

W4I1K5I1H4O1L1I1C3
/ˌwɪkɪˈhɒlɪk/

noun

Someone who is addicted to editing Wikipedia or another wiki.

OriginEnglish alcoholic ← Middle English alcofol ← Medieval Latin alcoho →
Scrabble 21
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Meanings

wikiholic1

nounwikiholic (plural wikiholics)

plural wikiholics

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Wikiholic.

Wikiholic2

nounWikiholic (plural Wikiholics)

plural Wikiholics · alternative wikiholic

  1. wiki jargonSomeone who is addicted to editing Wikipedia or another wiki.

    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!

    2 more examples

    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)

    "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

Origin

  1. Proto-Polynesian*witi
  2. Hawaiianwiki
  3. Hawaiianwikiwiki
  4. Proto-Indo-European*webʰ-
  5. Proto-Germanic*webaną
  6. Proto-Germanic*wabją
  7. Old Englishwebb
  8. Middle Englishweb
  9. Englishweb
  10. EnglishWikiWikiWebclip.
  11. Englishwiki
  12. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  13. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  14. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  15. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  16. Medieval Latinalcoho
  17. Middle Englishalcofol
  18. Englishalcohol
  19. Englishalcoholic
  20. EnglishWikiholic

From wiki + -holic.

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Translations

Danish wikiholiker, wikiholisme
  • wikiholikerperson who devotes lots of time to a wiki-based project
  • wikiholismeperson who devotes lots of time to a wiki-based project
Estonian vikihoolik
  • vikihoolikperson who devotes lots of time to a wiki-based project
Japanese ウィキ中毒者
  • ウィキ中毒者 (wiki chūdokusha)person who devotes lots of time to a wiki-based project
Korean 위키 중독자
  • 위키 중독자 (wiki jungdokja)person who devotes lots of time to a wiki-based project
Russian викиго́лик
  • викиго́лик (vikigólik)person who devotes lots of time to a wiki-based project
Spanish wikihólico, wikihólica
  • wikihólicoperson who devotes lots of time to a wiki-based project
  • wikihólicaperson who devotes lots of time to a wiki-based project
Ukrainian вікіго́лік, вікіголі́чка
  • вікіго́лік (vikihólik)person who devotes lots of time to a wiki-based project
  • вікіголі́чка (vikiholíčka)person who devotes lots of time to a wiki-based project
Cite this entry
APA

wikiholic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wikiholic

MLA

“wikiholic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wikiholic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wikiholic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wikiholic.

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