A quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted comma. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used with object) : to invert a process. From Dictionary.com.
Wolin uses the term inverted totalitarianism to describe our descent into despotism. From Wordnik.com. [Philly.com - Latest Videos] Reference
Prins described what she called the inverted pyramid of profits erected on the backs of these sub-prime loans. From Wordnik.com. [Suzanne O'Keeffe: Mortgage Fraud Summit Reveals Both Systemic Fraud and FBI's Seeming Blind Eye] Reference
This story structure became known as the inverted pyramid. From Wordnik.com. [How to Improve your Writing by Standing on your Head « Technology Literacy Articles « Articles « Literacy News] Reference
'Lonely' in inverted comma because i made myself feel that way. From Wordnik.com. [Pantsbomber psyche laid bare in messageboard archives (corrected) Boing Boing] Reference
Why do you put the word ‘underclass’ in inverted commas, Rob?. From Wordnik.com. [What will the Magistrates do? « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
That egged us on; we became festival promoters, in inverted commas. From Wordnik.com. [My greatest mistake: Pete Lawrence] Reference
And he argues that we live in a system that he calls inverted totalitarianism. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Diary: Chris Hedges' Extraordinary New Book "Empire of Illusion"] Reference
The teams pick in inverted order of last year's finish, alternating by leagues. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Baseball draft Q&A] Reference
Chickens are placed in inverted red traffic cones after they are killed so their blood can run down. From Wordnik.com. [20 « October « 2008 « Niqnaq] Reference
Miss Bromley bids me say, 'that fourfooted animal sends his respects' ( 'and put that in inverted commas, please!'). From Wordnik.com. [Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle] Reference
I say this in inverted commas because the quality of the “corporate” materials that has been produced is utterly shite. From Wordnik.com. [A short-lived enterprise « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog] Reference
Civilisation is a word we only really see nowadays in inverted commas, but it's a useful concept when thinking about history. From Wordnik.com. [My bright idea: Civilisation is still worth striving for] Reference
They're inverted, which is like heterochromia to another level. From Wordnik.com. [Anime Nano!] Reference
Five of the nine blocks have so-called inverted L-shaped inscriptions. From Wordnik.com. [Site Q Sculptures] Reference
He collected thousands of so-called inverted stamps, which have elements that were printed upside-down. From Wordnik.com. [WTVY - HomePage - Headlines] Reference
The pillars and the ceiling are intricately carved in this teak structure with what are known as inverted lotuses. From Wordnik.com. [The Times of India] Reference
Our democratic system has been transformed into what the political philosopher Sheldon Wolin labels inverted totalitarianism. From Wordnik.com. [Countercurrents.org] Reference
It was in inverted commas. From Wordnik.com. [A truly jaw-dropping comment] Reference
Very interesting to see an 'inverted' image of these dark nebulae. From Wordnik.com. [Planck Reveals Giant Dust Structures in our Local Neighborhood | Universe Today] Reference
It's a kind of inverted snobbery, I think - we AREN'T artists so THERE!. From Wordnik.com. [I *Heart* My CV] Reference
We operate a kind of inverted pyramid system of human resource management. From Wordnik.com. [Stands the Church clock at ten to three? « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
It was exactly the kind of inverted thinking that the Good Magician was noted for. From Wordnik.com. [Yon Ill Wind]
Maybe she had fallen victim to some kind of inverted psychological hypochondria or something. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Beat]
I was tempted to wake him up but thought that it was better to let sleeping dogs lie 'inverted''. From Wordnik.com. [Let sleeping dogs lie 'inverted'] Reference
He had a kind of inverted miter on his shoulders, with many round marks in the places where miters are covered with gems. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-02-01] Reference
It's also a kind of inverted racism on their part. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Blogs] Reference
Calculator keypad is "inverted" to the phone dialpad. From Wordnik.com. [:: mobiface :: next gen mobile interface thoughts] Reference
This they do, not from modesty, but from a kind of inverted pride. From Wordnik.com. [The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force] Reference
Ravinos must be able to go "inverted," as members like to call it. From Wordnik.com. [Aspen Times - Top Stories] Reference
Super-Super-Dreadnoughts, getting bigger and bigger in a kind of inverted perspective. From Wordnik.com. [An Englishman Looks at the World] Reference
Under the spell of this feeling, a kind of inverted homesickness, their talk died into silence. From Wordnik.com. [The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life] Reference
So we should do what, shave a kind of inverted Mohawk from our nose to the tip of our tail - a Wo!. From Wordnik.com. [One Cosmos] Reference
They have always been of an 'inverted' character, though I have occasionally had dreams about women. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion] Reference
A man is a kind of inverted thermometer, the bulb uppermost, and the column of self-valuation is all the time going up and down. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Teacups] Reference
A kind of inverted exaggeration, as written to John Bates Dibdin, at. From Wordnik.com. [Highways & Byways in Sussex] Reference
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