Quote and Saying

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Quote noun - A passage referred to, repeated, or offered as an example.

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Saying and quote are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Saying" instead a noun "Quote".

Nearby Words: quotation, quoted, quoting, quotable

Saying noun - An often stated observation regarding something from common experience.

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Quote and saying are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Quote" instead a noun "Saying".

Nearby Word: say

A trope where someone takes a notable quote or saying and adds a swear word or two at some point in there.

Source: Quote Swear Unquote
In the Bugs Bunny version of Casablanca, Bugs himself is drinking carrot juice saying something similar to the film's true quote.

Source: Drowning My Sorrows
Advertisements for Collateral quote a review as saying the film is "a knockout." The actual review says the film declines in quality toward the end, but says "the first two thirds is a knockout."

Source: Quote Mine

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