UN-words

[sagehen]

 Larry Horn writes:
>  Your
>"unquote" is a bit different, because I'm not quite sure how to
>describe it's category when used in metalinguistic contexts like
>"He's a quote linguist unquote" or "He's a quote unquote linguist".
>(The AHD lists it as a noun, but I'm not sure I agree.)
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On the face of it, quote/unquote looks to be functionally equivalent to
do/undo:  doesn't sound like a noun to me.  (I was NOT going to call
attention to your "it's" but I see you've already blushed.)
A. Murie