quote unquote /kwəʊ̯t ʌn.kwəʊ̯t/adjective 1adverb 1 adjective1 •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. adverb1 •Used in spoken language to delimit a quotation in the same function as quotation marks.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.
