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Air quotes

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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.
by JB Delaine June 8, 2019
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someone who thinks that air quotes are used for real things and doesnt get the saracsm
dude, she though i was going to attack her!
she's just a person who doesn't get air quotes. she doesnt understand the quotes around "poke"
by jkwelling March 8, 2010
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Spock air quotes

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Similar to the standard air quotes gesture however you use the Spock hand formation and only use it to describe scientific or technical quotes.
I would have called bullshit on his string theory explanation however he did use Spock air quotes so I’m pretty sure he is correct.
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In conversation, the dual flexing of the index and middle finger of both hands, to signify the presence of scare quotes. Used ad nauseam by 'pretentious' and ostensibly 'intelligent' university students, to advertise their 'superior morals' and 'erudition'.
Using air quotes in this example is, like, so 'post-modern'.
by Urban Dictionary May 6, 2007
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