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quote unquote adjective

  /kwəʊt ɒnkwəʊt/ , /kwəʊt ʌnkwəʊt/
  • (idiomatic) 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.
 entre guillemets, soi-disant
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