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An image posted on a social media site with a quote or message that is in or on the image.
A pic quote can be inspirational, funny, educational, or rude. The pic quote made her smile.
When you bodoh and jealous, you quote retweet saying something really stupid to someone actually stating facts
Eren on twitter: damn, im so hot
Jamban’s qrt: no youre not you ugly mf
Armin: look, Jamban’s tetek quotting again.
Eren: haha let him be.
Something that is almost a quote, but not quite. It means you're borrowing some words and either can't quite remember the exact words, or you're twisting them for effect.
Is that what he really said?" "No, that's just a semi-quote.
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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
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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.)
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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
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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)
Mis-quoting a celebrity or historical figure to further one's personal agenda.
White people often sugar quote Martin Luther King to make themselves feel better.
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.
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.
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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
That quote whore will say anything for a sneak peak.
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