fisking

English

Etymology

Named after journalist Robert Fisk (for the surname, see Fisk). Originated in the blogosphere.

Noun

fisking (plural fiskings)

1. A rebuttal to an article or blog made by quoting its content in sections and refuting each section individually.
   • 2004, Barbara O'Brien, Blogging America: Political Discourse in a Digital Nation, page 44:

     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.

   • 2006, Peter Wood, A Bee in the Mouth: Anger in America Now, page 246:

     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.

Related terms

• fisk

References

• Jargon file

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

fisking f or m (definite singular fiskinga or fiskingen, uncountable)

1. fishing
2. (in sports) to wait around the opponent's goal waiting for a pass