A large, annoying length of quoting used on chat forums. Seen on Gaiaonline, these towers clutter up a page, by displaying old, and unused posts.
Quote towers are usually made when someone quotes an already quoted post, and thus starts the third of two posts, and so on.
An easy way to minimize said 'towers' is to cut the excess quote out of the reply when quoting a user.
Quote towers are usually made when someone quotes an already quoted post, and thus starts the third of two posts, and so on.
An easy way to minimize said 'towers' is to cut the excess quote out of the reply when quoting a user.
Quote towers are usually a repitition of 'quotes' used when replying to a user on named sites alike Gaiaonline.com
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Physical gestures aren't easy to demonstrate to "online" people, but you can get the idea across (any time quotation marks are used in this example, execute bunny quotes) with so-called "modifiers" like "so-called".
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The Vagina Quotient is an inherent, natural phenomenon that relates to women and their access and division of power. It is related directly to space, time and other women.
by xsnOOGInsx August 1, 2008
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Similar to quote-stuffing, a common practice in academic paper-writing, but not to be confused with quote mining.
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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"As soon as Joe said his friend Donnie wouldn't shut up, I quoted The Big Lebowski. I am a firm believer in Quoterianism"
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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.)
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)
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)
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I wish there was a word for all those times I used a quote inside a quote. " " " Well now there is "Quoteception"
I wish there was a word for all those times I used a quote inside a quote. " " " Well now there is "Quoteception"
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