air quoteとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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air quote (plural air quotes) (usually in the plural)

1. A typically two-handed gesture resembling quotation marks.

   Synonym: finger quote

   • 2020, Ben Aaronovitch, False Value, Gollancz, page 11:

     You could hear the air quotes around ‘chill’ when he said it.

2. (by extension) An emphatic tone of voice used to indicate a euphemism, or displeasure with a false or inaccurate phrase being quoted.

   "So you were out with 'the boys'," she said vexedly, putting air quotes around the last two words.