scare quote meaning

UK /skɛə kwəʊt/ US /skɛr kwoʊt/ 2 syllables

scare quote (noun): the use of quotation marks to indicate that it is not the authors preferred terminology.

Definition of scare quote

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

    Type of: quotation mark

How to pronounce scare quote

scare quote is pronounced /skɛə kwəʊt/ in British English and /skɛr kwoʊt/ in American English. It has 2 syllables.

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