Why do people say "quote unquote something" and not "quote something unquote" ?
Why do people say "quote unquote something" and not "quote something unquote" ?
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It's the verbal equivalent of quotation marks done as a hand gesture.
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Yeah—I think the canonical usage is to hold up your fingers as you say “quote unquote”, then lower your hands when the quote is complete.
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One hand for quote, the other for unquote
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If anyone did this in front of me I would smack them in the mouth.
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