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Scared stiff

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• Scare-quotes

  plural noun 1. 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: a “huge breakthrough” in the negotiations. Compare air quotes. scare quotes plural noun 1. quotation marks placed […]

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