'pedia

name, slang

name, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of Wikipedia. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal

    ""Wired", unlike the 'pedia, is run for profit and has a group of managers dedicated to that idea. The 'pedia has a group of managers dedicated to the idea that experts are unneeded and that truth can be reached through populism. The Open Source movement has glommed onto the 'pedia as well and donates cash to them whenever the 'pedia runs short."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of 'pedia (“Wikipedia”). alt-of

    "OK, the magic words are "Ex post facto law", and the 'Pedia says <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_post_facto_law>: […]"

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""Wired", unlike the 'pedia, is run for profit and has a group of managers dedicated to that idea. The 'pedia has a group of managers dedicated to the idea that experts are unneeded and that truth can be reached through populism. The Open Source movement has glommed onto the 'pedia as well and donates cash to them whenever the 'pedia runs short."

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