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1.
internationalchiefly United Statesinformalcolloquialspoken
- A spoken marker used to indicate that the following or preceding words are being quoted verbatim or are set off as a distinct phrase.
- A verbal device used to signal that a term is being framed as something someone said, a label, or a phrase treated as a unit of speech.
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internationalchiefly United Statesinformalcolloquialspokensarcastic
- A way of indicating irony, skepticism, or distance from the quoted word or phrase; often used to imply that the term is inappropriate, misleading, or used euphemistically.
- A spoken form of air quotes employed to show that the speaker does not endorse the label or to highlight that the phrase is contested or figurative.

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