Definition of "quote unquote" in English

Adjective

1. 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.

Adverb

1. 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.