A phrase often used in essays for an English class that follows a quote and comes before the explanation for why the quote is relevant. English teachers hate is because it is unnecessary.
Student: "Why did I get a point off my essay?"
Teacher: "Because you said 'this quote shows', which is unneeded and interrupts the flow of your writing"
Student: "tf?"
Teacher: "Because you said 'this quote shows', which is unneeded and interrupts the flow of your writing"
Student: "tf?"
by Geckoli December 8, 2023
Get the this quote showsmug. Larry went to the dealership to get a chump's quote only because he wanted to see his crush, Bob, one more time. Now they have been dating each other...
by nittanylion95 June 3, 2021
Get the Chump's Quotemug. black-quote
noun/ˈblæk ˌkwoʊt/
1. The act of deliberately misrepresenting or distorting someone’s words to give them a negative, harmful, or misleading meaning contrary to the original intent.Example: “She used a black-quote to make my comment about teamwork sound like I was criticizing the group.”
2. A statement that has been intentionally twisted to portray the speaker in a negative light.Example: “His speech was full of black-quotes, painting the opponent as untrustworthy.”
verb (black-quotes, black-quoting, black-quoted)
1. To deliberately misinterpret or misrepresent someone’s words in a way that casts them negatively.Example: “Why do you always black-quote me during debates to make me look like the bad guy?”
Etymology: Coined in 2025, combining “black” (implying darkening or tainting) with “quote” (a cited statement), reflecting the act of corrupting the original meaning of words.
Related forms:
• black-quoting (n.): The practice of misrepresenting words negatively.
• black-quoted (adj.): Describing words or a statement that has been distorted. Example: “My black-quoted remark went viral for all the wrong reasons.”
Usage note: Often used in contexts of debates, social media, or interpersonal conflicts to highlight bad-faith reinterpretation of statements.
noun/ˈblæk ˌkwoʊt/
1. The act of deliberately misrepresenting or distorting someone’s words to give them a negative, harmful, or misleading meaning contrary to the original intent.Example: “She used a black-quote to make my comment about teamwork sound like I was criticizing the group.”
2. A statement that has been intentionally twisted to portray the speaker in a negative light.Example: “His speech was full of black-quotes, painting the opponent as untrustworthy.”
verb (black-quotes, black-quoting, black-quoted)
1. To deliberately misinterpret or misrepresent someone’s words in a way that casts them negatively.Example: “Why do you always black-quote me during debates to make me look like the bad guy?”
Etymology: Coined in 2025, combining “black” (implying darkening or tainting) with “quote” (a cited statement), reflecting the act of corrupting the original meaning of words.
Related forms:
• black-quoting (n.): The practice of misrepresenting words negatively.
• black-quoted (adj.): Describing words or a statement that has been distorted. Example: “My black-quoted remark went viral for all the wrong reasons.”
Usage note: Often used in contexts of debates, social media, or interpersonal conflicts to highlight bad-faith reinterpretation of statements.
Example: “His speech was full of black-quotes, painting the opponent as untrustworthy.”
Example: “Why do you always black-quote me during debates to make me look like the bad guy?”
Example: “Why do you always black-quote me during debates to make me look like the bad guy?”
by Dexcess June 21, 2025
Get the Black-quotemug. by Requis420 July 15, 2022
Get the Quotemug. When you post something on Twitter and someone quotes you, you reply with something that makes you look even stupider than what the original post said.
Zak quoted Andres on why he thinks Chrollo is mid, so Andres replied and made himself even more of an embarrassment. Andres experienced The Quote Effect.
by kirasucks_ September 10, 2020
Get the The Quote Effectmug. A blind quote is an estimate of the cost or service when no, or limited research is done to pin point a more accurate amount or timeline. This is less through than a standard estimate where time is available and given to narrow down a more likely cost or timeframe.
I pushed the guy at the repair shop to tell me some amount for my brake repair. He gave me a blind quote, but said this is his best guess without seeing it, and thus not official.
by mil-town-414 September 8, 2022
Get the blind quotemug. All behold the spectacle
A fleshy limbless rectangle
Sitting on a pedestal
So nasal handicapable
Contortions that he can't recall
Sniff and remember silver ball
The torso on a trampoline
The happiness melts into dream
To talk is an enunciated sneeze
To tatse is some foul air to breathe
One thought, it lasts a day
And at that rate - he'll most likely live forever!!!!!!!!!!
He's a bird in flight, a hermaphrodite
And he fucks himself as he fucks the world
A fleshy limbless rectangle
Sitting on a pedestal
So nasal handicapable
Contortions that he can't recall
Sniff and remember silver ball
The torso on a trampoline
The happiness melts into dream
To talk is an enunciated sneeze
To tatse is some foul air to breathe
One thought, it lasts a day
And at that rate - he'll most likely live forever!!!!!!!!!!
He's a bird in flight, a hermaphrodite
And he fucks himself as he fucks the world
His twitching brain can dance within
A secret means of ecstasy
Gyrating more like gelatin
Acute and very olfactory
To see is colors crawling in the nose
To hear is stinking highs and lows
He's got an itch, but nothing with which
To scratch the itch - so wish it away
With his mouth sewn shut, he still shakes his butt
'cause he's Hitler & Swayze & Trump & Travolta
Smell. Sweat. Movement.
Disco.
Everyone's dancing.
Dimple.
Fading. Darker.
A subtle fragrance.
Faint.
Everyone's dancing without him.
Where did it go?
Dark.
Odorless.
Nothing
Quote Unquote
A secret means of ecstasy
Gyrating more like gelatin
Acute and very olfactory
To see is colors crawling in the nose
To hear is stinking highs and lows
He's got an itch, but nothing with which
To scratch the itch - so wish it away
With his mouth sewn shut, he still shakes his butt
'cause he's Hitler & Swayze & Trump & Travolta
Smell. Sweat. Movement.
Disco.
Everyone's dancing.
Dimple.
Fading. Darker.
A subtle fragrance.
Faint.
Everyone's dancing without him.
Where did it go?
Dark.
Odorless.
Nothing
Quote Unquote
by Gothic Miscreant October 14, 2023
Get the Quote Unquotemug.