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Reduplication of " ".

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""" """

  1. (hyperbolic) Encloses text that the author absolutely disapproves of; an exaggerated scare quote.
    His """solution""" only caused more problems.
  2. (computing) Encloses text that may contain line feeds, single quotation marks, and other characters that aren't allowed in single quotation marks; sometimes used for docstrings.