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[–] MadMenace@kbin.social -5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Those are just quotation marks. Air quotes are when you use your fingers to form quotation marks in the air.

[–] johnthebeboptist@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Lol obviously, brainfart on my behalf. Is there a word for those kinds of sarcastic (for lack of a better word) quotes where it's not just quoted, but implied to cast doubt on the original text/quote?

[–] Davel23@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Scare quotes.

[–] johnthebeboptist@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

That's it! Thanks

[–] Enkers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I mean, no, you were right. That's where in spoken conversation you would use air quotes, so it seems correct to use the term this way online too. Maybe writing "virtual air quotes" would help people who don't understand that this is a text conversation, not literal speech?

[–] MelonTheMan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Lol yeah I thought it was overly pedantic but 🤷

[–] johnthebeboptist@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

See, I knew I was smaht!

[–] reNou@feddit.ch 1 points 2 years ago

i mean it's still correct, i got what he meant lol