Fiskian vs Fisk - What's the difference?
fiskian | fisk | Derived terms |
(obsolete) To run about; to frisk; to whisk.
* Latimer
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
, 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
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Fiskian is a derived term of fisk.
As a proper noun fisk is
.fiskian
Not English
Fiskian has no English definition. It may be misspelled.fisk
English
(fisking)Etymology 1
Compare Swedish .Verb
(en verb)- He fisks abroad, and stirreth up erroneous opinions.
Etymology 2
Back-formation from fisking.Verb
(en verb)citation