Meanings
- InternethumorousneologismuncountableA mediocre photograph of food that makes the subject look undesirable and uncanny, generally as a result of poor lighting and framing.
Wikipedia food horror ass picture
2026 April 18, @elllllllectric, Twitter5 more examples
when me and my boyfriend make meals we have a tradition of sending each other unappetising off-centre photographs of them in poor lighting. we call this "wikipedia food".
2025 May 30, @j4gm, TumblrWikipedia food picture but I made bread again
2025 July 6, @funwithnix.bsky.social, Bluesky (post)YOU MAKE WIKIPEDIA FOOD! Take pride in it, live your life with the forever dark lighting and tight camera angle 😭
2025 September 19, @pothologic, X (post)The picture is definitely giving wikipedia food.
2025 December 3, u/love-from-london, “Since everyone in the other food subs seem to think my turkey looks awful, here you go!”, in r/shittyfoodporn (Reddit post), archived from the original on 29 Apr 2026I KNOW that shits bangin but it looks so much like an unappetizing wikipedia food image
2026 March 7, @luna1974.tgirl.gay, Bluesky (post)
Origin
Compound of Wikipedia + food, as Wikipedia—which requires images to be uploaded under a free license when possible—is known for having poor quality photographs of food. Coined by Tumblr user @j4gm before 30 May 2025 (see quotations).
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Wikipedia food. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wikipedia%20food
“Wikipedia food.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wikipedia%20food. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Wikipedia food,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wikipedia%20food.
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