wheaton
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Etymology edit
Named after Wil Wheaton, and coined by John Kovalic in the webcomic Dork Tower in 2009.
Noun edit
wheaton (plural wheatons)
- (humorous) A unit of influence equal to 500 thousand followers.
- 2015 October 2, Alex Chernikov, “13 units of measurement to blow your mind”, in IO Technologies[1]:
- One wheaton amounts to 500,000 followers on Twitter.
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Further reading edit
- list of humorous units of measurement § wheaton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia