quote-unquote
an expression used before or part before and part after a quotation to identify it as such, and sometimes to dissociate the writer or speaker from it
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
How to use quote-unquote in a sentence
That to me felt like a moment where she really needed to put on her “Olivia Pope,” quote unquote, identity.
Kerry Washington’s Favorite ‘Scandal’ Season 3 Moments | Kerry Washington | August 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA trove of Bush-era emails that had been quote-unquote-lost resurfaced in 2009, the victim of an ostensible act of mislabeling.
Paging Rose Mary Woods: Obama’s Unbelievable Missing IRS Emails | James Poulos | June 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe risk of claiming that a series has jumped the shark, quote-unquote, is that you could be jumping the gun.
‘Still Positive’ Shows Why ‘Homeland’ Hasn’t Jumped the Shark (Yet) | Andrew Romano | November 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTo have your lifeline and your family be your quote unquote day job—you can do a movie and then hop right back.
Matt Damon and John Krasinski Talk About Their Bromance, ‘Promised Land,’ and More | Kevin Fallon | December 26, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTCain accused Rove of mounting “a deliberate attempt to damage me because I am not, quote unquote, the establishment choice.”
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