A VERB, NOT A NOUN
to recite or include a passage from a work that is not your own. Basically, a way to get out of actually thinking and making other people do the work for you
to recite or include a passage from a work that is not your own. Basically, a way to get out of actually thinking and making other people do the work for you
WRONG: I need 40 quotes for this project
RIGHT: I need 40 quotations for this project
-Yeah, I need a few more lines to meet the page requirement, so I think I'll quote Benjamin Franklin.
RIGHT: I need 40 quotations for this project
-Yeah, I need a few more lines to meet the page requirement, so I think I'll quote Benjamin Franklin.
by qwertyblab June 18, 2009
That stage where you're not quite dating but you're more than friends. If you were to say you were either dating or friends, you would use finger quotes and therefore, you are quoting.
by Jessie Alexander November 3, 2007
by handwipes October 15, 2005
Dick: oh just tell the cops YOLO, I'm sure they'll understand
John: stop meme quoting, Dick, everyone's seen that one.
John: stop meme quoting, Dick, everyone's seen that one.
by J-mo January 20, 2014
Scare quotes, shudder quotes, or sneer quotes are quotations around a word or phrase to show that a term is used in a nonstandard, ironic or special sense. Can also, imply skepticism or disagreement or a opposite sense. A complete other definition means words or phrases that are quoted to scare the reader or in a political campaign to smear a opposing candidate. They also define estrangement or cause something to seem unfamiliar in a supernatural way.
by AtomicCoding October 31, 2015
A person on a social networking site such as facebook or myspace that always puts quotes as there status
by DLUNE February 25, 2010
An internet trend of putting real people or (more often) fictional characters into dialogue, often from other sources such as shows, films, or Tumblr text posts. These quotes are almost always comedic.
Person A: Is there a word that’s a mix between angry and sad?
Person B: Malcontent, disgruntled, miserable, desolated.
Person C: Smad.
Person A: I lost Person B, have you seen them?
Person C: What do they look like?
Person A: *crying* THEY LOOK BEAUTIFUL/LIKE AN ANGEL/etc.
Person A: I need you to be totally straight with me.
Person B, an LGBT person/character: *nervous laughter*
incorrect quotes <-- there, the word being defined :)
Person B: Malcontent, disgruntled, miserable, desolated.
Person C: Smad.
Person A: I lost Person B, have you seen them?
Person C: What do they look like?
Person A: *crying* THEY LOOK BEAUTIFUL/LIKE AN ANGEL/etc.
Person A: I need you to be totally straight with me.
Person B, an LGBT person/character: *nervous laughter*
incorrect quotes <-- there, the word being defined :)
by Perov November 5, 2017