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quote unquote

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Adjective

  1. Emphasizes the following (or sometimes preceding) word or phrase for irony, or marks it as not the normal sense of the term. Used almost exclusively in spoken language. In written language, quotation marks would be used instead.

Adverb

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

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