see|Nihilartikel
English
Etymology
Considered a loan word from G.; L. nihil- nothing and G. artikel article; from a fictitious March 2004 English-language Wikipedia article, referencing a September 2003 article in the German-language Wikipedia now titled ''Fingierter Lexikonartikel''
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Noun
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- context|borrowed A deliberately fictitious entry in an encyclopedia or academic work, generally identifiable as false, usually included to brand the intellectual property so copies can be identified.
#*2005 May 1, Eve Maler, �The Language Log�, Pushing String, at <tt>www.xmlgrrl.com</tt> 1
#*:The post never does find the word it�s looking for, but it eventually alights on a discussion of the Nihilartikel, a fake dictionary or encyclopedia entry created for playful or copyright-trap reasons.
#*2005 December 18, Marc Goodman, �Interesting slam on Wikipedia�, <tt>alt.religion.kibology</tt>, Usenet
#*: A nihilartikel was once inserted into Wikipedia that lasted for five months.
#*2005 December 18, Tom Anderson, �Putney Green�, <tt>uk.transport.london</tt>, Usenet
#*: There are also fake entries in dictionaries and encyclopedias, known as nihilartikels, which serve the same purpose. At least, according to Wikipedia they do:
Synonyms
italbrac-colon|deliberately fictitious entry Easter egg, Mountweazel
References
2006 June, David C. Hay, Data Model Patterns: A Metadata Map, glossory, page 370, Morgan Kaufmann
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