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air quote

Noun

Meaning

A two-handed gesture resembling quotation marks.

Synonym: finger quote

(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.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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