QUOTEUNQUOTE

Quote... Unquote

Quote... Unquote is a panel game broadcast on BBC Radio 4 based on quotations. Every episode since the beginning of the series on 4 January 1976 has been chaired by its deviser, Nigel Rees. The programme had its 49th series in August/September 2013.

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quote unquote

Adjective

  1. Emphasizes the following, or sometimes preceding, word or phrase for irony, as used almost exclusively in spoken language.
    Maybe you should ask your quote unquote friend what happened to the money.

Adverb

  1. Used in spoken language to delimit a quotation in the same function as quotation marks.
    (spoken) Adam Smith claimed that a capitalist is, quote, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention, unquote.


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