quine = Q = quotient

quote chapter and verse v.

[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).

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

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