Meaning of fisking | Babel Free

Definitions

A rebuttal to an article or blog made by quoting its content in sections and refuting each section individually.

Examples

“By 2004 the word fisking had broken its tether from the topic of war and was being used to mean any detailed analysis of another's speech and writing.”

“As Linda Seebach put it, fisking is "line by line exegesis of idiocy," named after "journalist Robert Fisk, who often deserves it." Fisking is now a widely practiced technique.”

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