quote unquote

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Emphasizes the following (or sometimes preceding) word or phrase for irony, or marks it as not the normal sense of the term.

adv

Used in spoken language to delimit a quotation in the same function as quotation marks.

kwōt ŭn-kwōt kwōt ŏn-kwōt /kwəʊ̯t ʌn.kwəʊ̯t/ /kwəʊ̯t ɒn.kwəʊ̯t/ En-au-quote unquote.ogg

quote unquote quote-unquote quote on quote quote end quote quote … unquote

From quote + unquote, a spoken equivalent of air quotes, used to express satire, sarcasm, irony or euphemism, analogous to scare quotes in print.

so-called supposed quote

air quote scare quote

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