nihilartikel

Meaning

Noun

• 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.

Related

Similar words

• Mountweazel

Broader meaning words

• copyright trap

Origin

• Considered a loan word from German; Latin nihil and German Artikel; from a fictitious March 2004 English-language Wikipedia article, referencing a September 2003 article in the German-language Wikipedia now titled