quote sniping

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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Quote Snipe

When someone uses the quote you were going to use moments before you use it.

The professor would have totally given me a better grade if I did not get quote sniped in every discussion.

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