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scare quotes
plural noun
- a pair of quotation marks used around a term or phrase to indicate that the writer does not think it is being used appropriately or that the writer is using it in a specialized sense: Compare air quotes.
a 鈥渉uge breakthrough鈥 in the negotiations.
scare quotes
plural noun
- quotation marks placed around a word or phrase to indicate that it should not be taken literally or automatically accepted as true
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of scare quotes1
Example Sentences
The scare quotes only hint at how overwrought these discussions can become among obsessives and stans.
Jackie is now a manifestation of Shauna鈥檚 guilt and the two 鈥渢alk鈥 frequently 鈥 scare quotes necessary 鈥 a fact that rightly weirds out her teammates.
The updated story features Erin Reed, a trans writer and legislative researcher 鈥 and needless to say the scare quotes are where they belong, around the 鈥渋sm.鈥
The scare quotes I put around parental rights and protecting kids will invite immediate denunciation and provide an opportunity to say that terrible liberals like me are against parents exercising their responsibilities and protecting children.
I use scare quotes because there was no tax cut, only a deferral of unpaid taxes into the future.
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