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A Webster

Responding to an insult by rephrasing it as a question, then redirecting the insult back to the original aggressor, only louder.
Aggressor: "You're a jerk!"

Respondent: "I'm a jerk? YOU'RE A JERK!"

Aggressor: "Don't pull a Webster!"
by Lynne Burke October 4, 2007
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