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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>fisking</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="FISH-queue.html" title="FISH queue"/><link rel="next" href="FITNR.html" title="FITNR"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">fisking</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="FISH-queue.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="FITNR.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="fisking"/><dt xmlns="" id="fisking"><b>fisking</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p>[blogosphere; very common] A point-by-point refutation of a
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<a href="../B/blog.html"><i class="glossterm">blog</i></a> entry or (especially) news story. A really
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stylish fisking is witty, logical, sarcastic and ruthlessly factual;
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flaming or handwaving is considered poor form. Named after Robert Fisk, a
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British journalist who was a frequent (and deserving) early target of such
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treatment. See also <a href="../M/MiSTing.html"><i class="glossterm">MiSTing</i></a>,
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