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quote-laundering 

The act of citing a source to support a hypothesis and burying the reference in a footnote or endnote that, once investigated, turns out to be irrelevant, spurious or entirely fictitious.

Similar to quote-stuffing, a common practice in academic paper-writing, but not to be confused with quote mining.
I was trying to track down that juicy reference that Malcolm Gladwell dropped about what Nietzsche said about cell phones but it turned out to be total quote-laundering.
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Quoterianism 

The act of quoting movies/games/cartoons/etc when someone else does or says something that reminds you of that certain movie/game/cartoon etc.
"As soon as Joe said his friend Donnie wouldn't shut up, I quoted The Big Lebowski. I am a firm believer in Quoterianism"
Quoterianism by The Quoteriast April 24, 2012

quote-poach 

1.
Working definition of " POACH ":

transitive, intransitive verb or noun
to poach (somebody/something) (from somebody/something) --
To take and use somebody/something that belongs to somebody/something else, especially in a secret, dishonest or unfair way

Source: the Advanced Oxford Dictionary online

2.
Main definition for "QUOTE-POACH":

To 'steal' a quote that has been attributed to someone else, and then post it up elsewhere.

(Even better when you don't even credit the attributed name, on your Facebook/Twitter/LinkedIn/About.Me account.)
A)
For the word ' poach ':-
E.g. 1: The company poached the contract from their main rivals.
E.g. 2: Several of our employees have been poached by a rival firm.
E.g. 3: I hope I'm not poaching on your territory (= doing something that is actually your responsibility).

Source: the Advanced Oxford Dictionary online

B)
For the phrase ' quote-poach ':-
Example 1 of bad quote-poaching practice:

"I always thought that imagination is more important than knowledge; and yeah, I just made that up lol"
says Scumbag Steve.

Example 1 of good quote-poaching practice:
"You know, my mama always said, 'life is like a box of chocolates, you'll never know what you're gonna get,"

reminisces Forrest Gump.

Example 2 of good quote-poaching practice:-
the following lines on a Facebook Wall/Timeline post:

"Habit is habit,
and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time. "

Wise words, Mark Twain.

(quote-poached from Lift.do)
quote-poach by lekopiwriter October 21, 2013

Quoteception

"When someone places a quotation inside another quotation"
For example "I thought it would be something like "Grab em by the pussy "But it's actually something meaningful"
I wish there was a word for all those times I used a quote inside a quote. " " " Well now there is "Quoteception"

quotev ghoul gang

literally the most obnoxious and disgusting people to roam on quotev. they think they are funny when honestly they are the embodiment of cringe. there are 7 people hinata, saturn, ikari, isaac, rosie, aria, and neha. they get into drama and call people obese, ugly, and other rude words, its honestly so horrible. we hate them and really want to kick them out and they talk so much shit just because they think they're cool when in reality they arent. someone tell them to kill themselves because we are all tired or their cringy shit
no one:

quotev ghoul gang: she has a big UGLY nose!
A world of fanfiction, quizzes, and chaos. The natives are people with no social lives or sleep schedules.
"I have no social life because of Quotev."
"Quotev ruined my sleep schedule."
"Social life? What's that? I only know Quotev."
Quotev by GhostGenerator September 29, 2021

Quotev.com 

The fucking hell site I go on everyday, full of quizzes, and fanfics. The most popular thing is to make a account, follow..about 300 people and post on activity. Don't go on this site, it's terrible.
"Do you use Quotev.com?"

"Yea, I regret ever making a account because now I can't quit"
Quotev.com by anonymous September 17, 2023