wheaton

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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:
      One wheaton amounts to 500,000 followers on Twitter.

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