When people who are either inept with the English language or stupid hear the phrase 'quote unquote' and construe it as quote on quote.
by nayho July 20, 2014
50 Life Purpose Quotes to Give Meaning to Your Life. Anna is a communication expert and a life enthusiast. She's the Content Strategist of Lifehack. 1 intransitive/transitive to say or write words that someone else has said or written Can I quote you on that (=repeat exactly what you have said about something)? 1 Repeat or copy out (a group of words from a text or speech), typically with an indication that one is not the original author or speaker. ‘he quoted a passage from the Psalms’.
An insurance quote is an estimate of what your rate could be with a potential insurance carrier.Quotes are subject to change depending on how much information you give at the time of the quote. The example above uses American-style quotation marks. The main quote is enclosed in double quotation marks. The quote within the quote, Do unto others as you would have them do unto you, is enclosed in single quotation marks.(The British convention is the opposite; the main quote would use single quotation marks and the quote within the quote would use double quotation marks.).
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quote unquote
1. Used to report something said verbatim. Used almost exclusively in speech, as the word represents a set of quotation marks. The president said that he, quote unquote, would support the initiative fully.
2. Used to indicate that the specific phrasing that is about to be said is or may be ironic or considered by the speaker as misrepresenting reality. We were, quote unquote, taught by the teaching assistant, but we did most of our learning independently.The quote unquote healthy option in this restaurant is a salad filled with bacon and smothered in creamy salad dressing.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
quote, unquote
a parenthetical expression said before a word or short phrase indicating that the word or phrase would be in quotation marks if used in writing. So I said to her, quote, unquote, it's time we had a little talk.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
quote, unquote
BRITISH, AMERICAN or
quote, end quote
mainly AMERICAN
COMMON You say quote, unquote to show that a word or phrase you have just used is something that someone else has said. Even though I'm this big, huge superstar quote unquote, I have family problems too.A spokesman said quote, `a certain number', unquote of the men lost their lives that day.The book was given to several school libraries, and in every case a vice principal of the particular school took the book out and then reported it, quote, `lost', end quote. Note: This expression is often used to show that you do not think that the thing said is accurate or true. Compare with in inverted commas.
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Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012
quote, unquote
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phr. a parenthetical expression said before a word or short phrase indicating that the word or phrase would be in quotation marks if used in writing. So I said to her, quote, unquote, it’s time we had a little talk.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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