单词	scare quotes
释义	scare quotes plural noun : quotation marks used to express especially skepticism or derision concerning the use of the enclosed word or phrase Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web So many Seventies scary-film clichés in scare quotes, all buffered with a genuine obsession over retrograde pulp and a devoted passion for weapons-grade kink! David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2022 His paper is rife with scare quotes and clauses layered in baklava-like profusion. New York Times, 27 Dec. 2021 Note those scare quotes, for there’s nothing especially normal about Leda, a woman who tartly rejects any prescriptive model of what a woman should be. Guy Lodge, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2021 The scare quotes around academic freedom are a nice touch. Dan Mclaughlin, National Review, 5 June 2021 Note the scare quotes; abandon all hope, ye who want a narrative here, which is frankly missing the point. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2021 Beethoven, in and out of scare quotes, has become a godlike abstraction of himself, complete with one-word moniker — his music less a product of culture than a feature of nature. Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2020 At times, the authors seem to presume a like-minded readership, as terms like forever war and endless wars—both now in common usage—are derided with scare quotes. Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 17 Dec. 2020 Their skepticism often manifests in a fondness for scare quotes. Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 22 June 2020 See More Word History First Known Use 1956, in the meaning defined above
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