Air quotes
a gesture in which two fingers of each hand draw quotation marks in the air, used when uttering a word or phrase one does not think is appropriate or accurate.
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contemporary examples
you supply the air quotes to go around researching and industrial.
pj’s political forecast: cloudy with a chance of meatheads p. j. o’rourke march 13, 2014
plural noun
a twitching movement of the first and second fingers of both hands to quote another or to emphasize or be sarcastic about a statement
usage note
slang
noun phrase
a twitching movement of the first and second fingers of each hand to quote another or emphasize or e sarcasti about a statement
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