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
by Kobei December 29, 2007
Get the Quote Tower mug.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.
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.
by panopticonopolis December 1, 2011
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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.)
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)
by lekopiwriter October 21, 2013
Get the quote-poach mug.The act of "sniping" a quote, i.e taking a sentence or sentences and replying to them individually.
While not being quote mining per se, quote sniping is regarded as a nefarious thing to do while arguing on online forums.
While not being quote mining per se, quote sniping is regarded as a nefarious thing to do while arguing on online forums.
Person 1: Do you agree about X?
Person 2: Yes, because it's a valid arguement.
Person 1: First of all, it's "argument". Silent e's disappear when suffixes are added. Secondly, outright denying blatantly true facts is not a valid argument.
quote sniping at its finest.
Person 2: Yes, because it's a valid arguement.
Person 1: First of all, it's "argument". Silent e's disappear when suffixes are added. Secondly, outright denying blatantly true facts is not a valid argument.
quote sniping at its finest.
by and yet another guy September 5, 2011
Get the quote sniping mug.1. a critic (usually of movies) who provides quotes favorable for use in promotions in exchange for something (such as a movie junket)
2. a derisive term for anyone who obsesses over quotes
2. a derisive term for anyone who obsesses over quotes
by The Return of Light Joker October 16, 2008
Get the quote whore mug.Just like a Grammar Nazi, but with quotes. Mostly shows his/her head at partys or forums. Generally joining in on a conversation to correct every quote that is even the slightest bit of.
Dude 1: "I love the knight who say ni scene in monthy python!"
Dude 2: "Yeah!! "You shall cut down the biggest tree in the forest with a HERRING!!"
Dude 3:"You got it all wrong, it's mightiest! Not biggest! "
Dude 1:"Man, you're such a quote nazi!"
Example 2:
Dude 1: "And then the toast king says:"Looks like the left to me!""
Dude 2: "Haha! I love that part!"
Girl: "You forget more. He says that it looks more like the left to him. Get your quotes right!"
Dude 2: "Oh-oh! We got ourselves a quote nazi here!"
Dude 1: "I hate you"
Dude 2: "Yeah!! "You shall cut down the biggest tree in the forest with a HERRING!!"
Dude 3:"You got it all wrong, it's mightiest! Not biggest! "
Dude 1:"Man, you're such a quote nazi!"
Example 2:
Dude 1: "And then the toast king says:"Looks like the left to me!""
Dude 2: "Haha! I love that part!"
Girl: "You forget more. He says that it looks more like the left to him. Get your quotes right!"
Dude 2: "Oh-oh! We got ourselves a quote nazi here!"
Dude 1: "I hate you"
by blastboyd November 1, 2009
Get the Quote Nazi mug.Synonomous with: supposedly, presumably. Used in conversation to indicate that quotes should be placed around the following word or phrase.
quote unquote work = "work"
quote unquote work = "work"
by mikwat June 7, 2004
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