scare quotes or scarequotes
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(idea) | by Ashigaru(3.3 mon) | Rep: 16 ( +17 / -1 ) (Rep Graph) (+) | Fri Mar 11 2005 at 0:49:18 |
Scare quotes are quotation marks used to distance the speaker from the words in question, rather than to mark a direct quotation. Scare quotes are usually used to connote a tone of sarcasm or suggest that the opposite of what the quoted words suggest is the actual truth, implying that these are "their words, not mine."
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