"Negative" citations?

[B.G. Sloan]

All this citation talk reminds of a question that pops into my head every now and then.
 
This may be a dumb question, but here goes anyway...
 
I'm assuming there is something like a "negative" citation...where an author cites a paper, but in a less-than-flattering light?
 
Bernie Sloan
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