fisk
verbeverbeattesté dans les dialogues
- //fɪsk//
To rebut an argument line by line, especially on the Internet.
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obsolèteTo run about; to fist; to whisk.
[W]hen the light of Goddes word is once reueled, then he is buſy, then he rores then he fyſkes abrode, and ſtyrreth vp erronious opiniõs.
Étymologie
From Middle English fisken, fisshen. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English *fȳscian, an iterative form of fȳsan (“to hasten”), thus equivalent to feeze + -k, and faze + -k. Compare also Swedish fjäska (“to bustle about”).
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To rebut an argument line by line, especially on the Internet.
A proper fisking leaves the reader with a clear understanding that the text so fisked was appallingly wrong in every important respect!
Now, apparently, Barack Obama's campaign is fisking Hillary Clinton's campaign memos.
Étymologie
Back-formation from fisking.
Formes
- passé
- fisked
- participe passé
- fisked
- participe présent
- fisking
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- fisks
fisk · To rebut an argument line by line, especially on the Internet.
Fisk · A surname.fist · A hand with the fingers clenched or curled inward.fit · Suitable; proper