To "Fisk" a piece of work means to go through it point by point, often vehemently disagreeing with its contents. The term arose from such treatment meted out to the work of Independent journalist Robert Fisk, whose work has been deconstructed regularly by warbloggers.

The term Fisking, or to Fisk, is blogosphere slang describing detailed point-by-point criticism that highlights errors, disputes the analysis of presented facts, or highlights other problems in a statement, article, or essay.

an utter trampling and destruction, not mild disagreement