wheaton

English

Alternative forms

• Wheaton

Etymology

Named after Wil Wheaton, and coined by John Kovalic in the webcomic Dork Tower in 2009.

Noun

wheaton (plural wheatons)

1. (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.

Derived terms

• milliwheaton

Further reading

• list of humorous units of measurement § wheaton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia