Ever since I discovered the fantastic location online that can answer so many of my questions, I've made it my goal to verbize it. Don't know who won the best actress oscar in 1931? Wikipedia it. It's so easy.
At the moment, Google is getting so much free press just for the fact that characters on TV and people on the street so naturally say that they "Googled" someone whether it be an upcoming date or a presidential candidate. The same fate could be awaiting Wikipedia if only the brains behind that site would take advantage.
Granted, it seems like it might be a bit of a mouthful, especially when you get into changing tenses. In casual conversation, it might be slightly more difficult to say, "I know that because I wikipedia-ed it". But once we've got it thoroughly installed into the vernacular, we could probably shave it down a bit and still be understood.
For instance, we could cut out some of those excessive vowels, i.e. "wikipedied". And one day, "wikied" might be the "street slang" version that all the kids are using.
Wikipedia could have one bright future if only they'd market better. Maybe they feel it's below them b/c they've got that ".org" thing going on. They should really get over themselves though.
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