scare quote

Noun

Meaning

the use of quotation marks to indicate that it is not the authors preferred terminology

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

scare-quote

Hypernyms

quote quotation mark inverted comma

Related terms

quote unquote air quote

Close letter words and terms

scare of skeletons scare off scare out of one's wits scare silly scare someone out of their wits scare someone to death