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From quote + unquote, a spoken equivalent of air quotes, used to express satire, sarcasm, irony or euphemism, analogous to scare quotes in print.
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quote unquote
quote un·quoteToday it means: Emphasizes the following (or sometimes preceding) word or phrase for irony, or marks it as not the normal sense of the term. Full definition →