Talk:wilf

This word was invented by a journalist on a slow news day. It was not used by the Internet community before that, and those who have raced to publish it online are simply trying to be the first with a new "word". See for instance Wikipedia's deletion log on "wilfing" with more details of this. The word should be deleted as a baseless neologism. 86.160.227.36 20:50, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Actually created by a paid marketing agency: see [1]. "3 Monkeys Communications ... developed the idea to create a campaign using a new word for aimless internet surfing, ‘wilfing’ ... to gain coverage in the lifestyle media and position moneysupermarket.com as an expert on personal finance and online searching issues. To drive traffic to moneysuper­market.com." Equinox ◑ 10:07, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

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Deliberate protologism, actually paid for as a marketing stunt. See my comments at Talk:wilf for more. Wikipedia article no longer exists after multiple deletions (see the individual logs at WP); probably created by same marketing agency. Equinox ◑ 10:07, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

P.S. The WP article (and original coinage) was Wilfing, not Wilf. Equinox ◑ 10:29, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Deleted, then. Equinox ◑ 11:28, 14 July 2009 (UTC)