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fisk | fiss |

As a proper noun fisk

is .

As a verb fiss is

(nonstandard) to split apart into multiple entities.

fisk

English

(fisking)

Etymology 1

Compare Swedish .

Verb

(en verb)
  • (obsolete) To run about; to frisk; to whisk.
  • * Latimer
    • He fisks abroad, and stirreth up erroneous opinions.

    Etymology 2

    Back-formation from fisking.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To rebut an argument line by line, especially on the Internet.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2002, date=December, work=Review, author=Institute of Public Affairs, title=The World of Blog citation
    • , passage=A proper fisking leaves the reader with a clear understanding that the text so fisked was appallingly wrong in every important respect!}}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 13, work=The Economist, title=Fisked By Obama, url=
    • , passage=Now, apparently, Barack Obama's campaign is fisking Hillary Clinton's campaign memos.}} English eponyms ----

    fiss

    English

    Verb

  • (nonstandard) To split apart into multiple entities.
  • *1998 , Richard Hanley, Is Data Human?
  • *:Perhaps every five minutes each person ceases to exist and is fissed , with one descendant instantly replacing the original and the other materializing on a twin Earth somewhere...