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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Why fracas in quotes? Jeremy Clarkson

Why do they write the word "fracas" like that (with the quotation marks) in all the articles I've read about the Jeremy Clarkson row with the BBC?
My guess is that it was the word used by in a BBC statement to describe what happened.

Is that a British slang word? Is it a synonym of "row" or "bust-up"?

Clarkson live tour set to go ahead http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32137424
  

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Anonymous My guess is that it was the word used by in a BBC statement to describe what happened. That's a reasonable guess. Either that, or the writer doesn't believe the word "fracas" is the correct word to describe what happened.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous My guess is that it was the word used by in a BBC statement to describe what happened.
  • That's a reasonable guess.
  • Either that, or the writer doesn't believe the word "fracas" is the correct word to describe what happened.
  • fracas: a noisy quarrel : brawl (Merriam-Webster Dictionary) CJ
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AnonymousMy guess is that it was the word used by in a BBC statement to describe what happened.
That's a reasonable guess. Either that, or the writer doesn't believe the word "fracas" is the correct word to describe what happened.

fracas: a noisy quarrel : brawl (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

CJ
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When you find a word in quotes, there are two possibilities. The first is that these enclose a quotation of someone else's remarks. The second is that they are what's called scare quotes, to indicate that the word isn't to be taken literally and perhaps should be taken ironically. You can usually get the same meaning by putting the word "so-called" in front of the quoted word.

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