A spoken indication of the end of a quotation, used to mark where quoted material stops.
From the prefix 'un-' (reversing action) + 'quote.' Emerged in the 20th century with the rise of dictation, telephone conversations, and broadcasting where visual quotation marks weren't available.
This word exists purely for spoken language, solving the problem of how to indicate quotation marks in speech. It's often paired with 'quote' at the beginning, creating a verbal punctuation system that didn't exist before modern communication needs.
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