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air quotes 

when whilst you are saying something, you hold your the pointer and middle fingers of yoru hands up in the air curled as if to make quotation marks as if to make the thing you said sound peculiar or strange. also used as a taunt.
Martha: wow, its been six years since i have seen you, whatever happened to your (air quotes) band?

Fred: hey! we turned out some really good stuff on our first CD!

Martha: fred, your (air quotes) band was only six guys and some italian stew pots.
air quotes by Zack June 4, 2004

air quotes 

The act of placing your hands outstretch from either side of your head and making a peace sign that bends up and down within the fingers while using a corporate buzzword.
Sarcastic Employee: "Well, that's very AIR QUOTE LEFT pro-active AIR QUOTE RIGHT of you."
Ubiquitous Marketer: "See synergy."
air quotes by CartoonChess June 4, 2004

air quotes 

where the males fingers are inserted into the females vagina, often a pleasurable experience. this phrase was invented in RUSHDEN.
'my boyfriend gave me air quotes last night'
air quotes by Mary Huff December 12, 2006

air quotes 

Another term for a fart, usually used to voice an opinion regarding a topic of conversation (see example sentence).
Oh yeah, well I've got an air quote for ya: bbrrrrrrpppp...
air quotes by mangus June 5, 2004

air quotes 

phrases, originally spoken by other usually famous people, that are wrongly used by dumb and unoriginal wiseguys. some even get the quotes wrong
"as God always used to say", said the armed lunatic, "JUDGEMENTDAY!!!"
air quotes by Willem June 4, 2004

Air quotes 

Used to emphasise a particular word in a sentence when speaking to draw attention to it not being used in the actual sense
I am totally(with air quotes) going to Meki's wedding.
Air quotes by JB Delaine June 8, 2019