With the inclusion of “Wiki” in the latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), there is no doubt that the wiki craze seems to have hit its stride. According to me, the wiki phenomenon was popularized with Wikipedia, the Internet encyclopedia; since its creation in 2001, Wikipedia has grown into one of the biggest reference Web sites on the World Wide Web, with over a million articles written by volunteers from all around the globe.

The word that depicts “quick” in Hawaiian has jumped to the mainland — and all over the globe — with its inclusion in the Oxford English Dictionary. “Wiki,” a moniker that signals a kind of Web site open for anyone to edit, in general joins 287 other words in the latest edition of the famous dictionary.

If dictionary’s editors are to be believed, the OED itself resembles a wiki, as it has a long tradition of working cohesively. As a matter of fact, for over 150 years, its editorial team has welcomed the feedback from the public in judging word usage and frequency.

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