I often link to the Wikipedia and, many months ago, mentioned my addiction to the "Random Page" feature, but I never knew that the word "wiki" actually meant something!
According to Michael Quinion, proprietor of the marvelous World Wide Words and all-around language guru, wiki is the Hawaiian word for "quick." Wikipedia itself adds that it can also mean "informal." Who knew? (Hawaiian speakers and the wiki founders, obviously. And I'm sure if I'd ever bothered before to look up "wiki" on Wikipedia, I'd have found out. Once again, laziness trumps curiosity!)
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