Wikiality

"Wikiality" is the abstract noun form of the root word "Wiki", which is borrowed from the Hawaiian language's word "wiki wiki" meaning "quickly" or "fast." Thus, an essential element of "wikiality" is the rapidity with which its corrosive, virus-like effects destroy the facts, but not the truth, which it actually helps spread. Stephen Colbert first used the the term Wikiality on the Monday, July 31, 2006 edition of The Colbert Report news program. Wikiality represents "A reality where, if enough people agree with a notion, it becomes the truth." Wikiality is generally believed to be a portmanteau of the words "Wikipedia" and "reality".

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The Eight Kinds of Wikiality


As stated on the main page, there are eight kinds of Wikiality, at least that we know of. We might invent discover more, and when we do we'll let you know.

Quotes

 * "If only the entire body of human knowledge worked this way, and it can, thanks to tonight's word: Wikiality." - Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report
 * "We should apply these principles to all information. All we need to do is convince a majority of people that some factoid is true." - Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report
 * "As usual, folks, the Bush administration is on the cutting edge of information management." - Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report
 * "What we're doing is bringing democracy to knowledge." - Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report
 * "Definitions will greet us as liberators." - Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report
 * "See, if you go against what the majority of people perceive to be reality, you're the one who's crazy." - Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report
 * "The revolution will not be verified." - Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report
 * "Together, we can create a reality that we can all agree on, the reality we just agreed on, and that's the word." - Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report

External Tubes

 * Wikiality introduced on The Word - a Colbert Report exclusive
 * Stephen Colbert Causes Chaos on Wikipedia, Gets Blocked From Site
 * Wikiality and Truthiness top new words - as recognized by the Global Language Monitor
 * Tufts University 10/27/06 daily news: Wikipedia is not academically viable due to 'wikialities'
 * Wikiality.com - best website ever created.