quote unquote
в кавычках
in Anführungszeichen
Emphasizes the following word or phrase for irony, or marks it as not the normal sense…Emphasizes the following (or sometimes preceding) word or phrase for irony, or marks it as not the normal sense of the term.
/kwəʊ̯t ʌn.kwəʊ̯t/
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic, not comparable)Emphasizes the following (or sometimes preceding) word or phrase for irony, or marks it as not the normal sense of the term.
Maybe you should ask your quote unquote friend what happened to the money.
in Anführungszeichen
в кавы́чкахv kavýčkax
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
emphasizes the following word or phrase for irony:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
emphasizes the following word or phrase for irony:
Origin
From quote + unquote, a spoken equivalent of air quotes, used to express satire, sarcasm,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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