Free On-line Dictionary of Computing:
quote chapter and verse
[by analogy with the mainstream phrase] To cite a relevant
excerpt from an appropriate
bible. "I don't care if "rn"
gets it wrong; "Followup-To: poster" is explicitly permitted
by
RFC 1036. I'll quote chapter and verse if you don't
believe me." See also
legalese,
language lawyer,
RTFS
(sense 2).
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Jargon File]
