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(Internet slang, derogatory) A sealion; one who engages in sealioning..
Much like actual interrogators, sealioners bombard the target with question after question, digging and digging until the target either says something stupid or is so pissed off that they react in the extreme.
Simply put, a sealioner asks you a lot of questions (whose answers are already available in the public domain) about a statement you’ve made online, but it’s not because they are genuinely curious.
Use sealioner when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sealioner means (Internet slang, derogatory) A sealion; one who engages in sealioning..
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Much like actual interrogators, sealioners bombard the target with question after question, digging and digging until the target either says something stupid or is so pissed off that they react in the extreme.
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