wikilawyering
wikilawyering noun: engaging in legalistic arguments on a wiki. Also the present participle and gerund of wikilawyer.
Noun
wikilawyering (uncountable)
- Engaging in legalistic arguments on a wiki.
- […] comments like these about "Jew-baiting" are very rare on even the most contentious of "discussion" and "mediation" pages. What one finds there instead is wikilawyering — cryptic, acronym-laden debate invoking protocol and precedent.2007, Bidoun: A Quarterly Forum for Middle Eastern Talent
- What, and be buried in wikilawyering designed to keep actual subject matter experts out and leave wp safely in the hands of the wikieditor cliques?2012, Graham Nye, “Four killed in US when train hits float carrying veterans”, in uk.railway (Usenet)
Also used as
wikilawyering is also the present participle and gerund of wikilawyer.
Origin of wikilawyering
From wiki + lawyering.
From wikilawyer + -ing.
Questions about wikilawyering
- What does wikilawyering mean?
- Wikilawyering means engaging in legalistic arguments on a wiki.
- What part of speech is wikilawyering?
- Wikilawyering is a noun.
Words near wikilawyering in the dictionary
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