Neologism for 3/13
March 13th, 2007 | Tags: Snark
wikipedic
SYLLABICATION: wi·ki·pe·dic
PRONUNCIATION: wĭ-kē-pē’-dĭk
ADJECTIVE: 1. Characterized by sparsity, a pathological focus on ephemera, savant-like devotion to the trivial or irrelevant, and occasional blatant error: “his wikipedic knowledge of music comprised the following: the birthdates and hobbies of every member of Menudo past and present, the exact synthesizer preset patch names used in Philip Glass’ Koyaanisqatsi score, and the author of the tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra: namely, Richard Wagner.”
SEE ALSO: encyclopedic