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Borrowing someone else's words and politely admitting you couldn't say it better.

means A group of words repeated exactly from another source, attributed to its original speaker or writer.

from From Latin quotare, to mark with numbers, via medieval scholars who numbered Bible passages for easy reference, eventually meaning any cited bit of text.

Price tagSame word means a vendor's stated cost estimate.
MisattributionHalf of Einstein's famous quotes he never said.
Quotation marksOnly standardized after the printing press spread.
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