Extremely vulgar man cited some funny quotes (8,6)

I believe the answer is:

inverted commas

'quotes' is the definition.
('inverted comma' can be a synonym of 'quote')

'extremely vulgar man cited some funny' is the wordplay.
'extremely' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'funny' indicates anagramming the letters.
'vulgar' with its centre taken out is 'vr'.
'vr'+'man'+'cited'+'some'='vrmancitedsome'
'vrmancitedsome' is an anagram of 'INVERTED COMMAS'.

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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