Fisk

/fɪsk/ verb

Definition

To critique or refute someone's arguments point by point, especially in online discourse. Named after journalist Robert Fisk, whose articles were frequently analyzed this way.

Etymology

Named after British journalist Robert Fisk in the early 2000s by bloggers who would dissect his Middle East reporting line by line, turning his surname into a verb for detailed criticism.

Kelly Says

The verb 'fisk' shows how internet culture creates new words from proper names, transforming a journalist's surname into a standard term for methodical online argumentation that's now used across political spectrums.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ዓሣ
ARالعربية
فحص
BNবাংলা
মাছ
CACatalà
peix
CSČeština
ryba
DADansk
fisk
DEDeutsch
Fisch
ELΕλληνικά
ψάρι
ESEspañol
fiscalización
FAفارسی
ماهی
FISuomi
kala
FRFrançais
contrôle fiscal
GUGU
માછલી
HAHA
kifi
HEעברית
דג
HIहिन्दी
मछली
HUMagyar
hal
IDBahasa Indonesia
ikan
IGIG
azụ
ITItaliano
pesce
JA日本語
KKKK
балық
KMKM
ត្រី
KO한국어
물고기
MRMR
मासा
MSBahasa Melayu
ikan
MYမြန်မာ
ငါး
NLNederlands
vis
NONorsk
fisk
PAPA
ਮੱਛੀ
PLPolski
ryba
PTPortuguês
auditoria
RORomână
pește
RUРусский
рыба
SVSvenska
fisk
SWKiswahili
samaki
TAதமிழ்
மீன்
TEతెలుగు
చేప
THไทย
ปลา
TLTL
isda
TRTürkçe
balık
UKУкраїнська
риба
URاردو
مچھلی
VITiếng Việt
YOYO
ẹja
ZH中文
ZUZU
inhlanzi

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