[muawiyah]

How?

Happens all the time.

Let's say Billybob says "you're a poopoo head" to Betty Boo, and then you pick it up and you tell Betty Boo that she's a poopoo head.

See the subtle magic in how you acquired responsibility for those words.

It's a linguistic trick.

[JIM O]

I knew Betty Boo and she is not a poopoo head

[conservative in nyc]

Let's say Billybob says "you're a poopoo head" to Betty Boo, and then you pick it up and you tell Betty Boo that she's a poopoo head.

But if Billybob says "you're a poopoo head" to Betty Boo, and Betty Boo replies "Yes, I know that", and then I pick it up and I tell Betty Boo that she's a poopoo head, how is that defamation? That's closer to what happened here.