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CharmYou Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
What's this hand sign supposed to mean?
What's this hand sign supposed to mean?
I've seen many English speakers doing this, I'll call rabbit sign (because it looks like you're putting your fingers as a rabbits ears)
But I don't know what it means. What's this hand sign supposed to mean?
I've seen many English speakers doing this, I'll call rabbit sign (because it looks like you're putting your fingers as a rabbits ears)
But I don't know what it means. What's this hand sign supposed to mean?
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Those are "air quotes" -- a way to show quotation marks while speaking. Usually they're used where you might say "so-called," to express sarcasm or irony. For example, if you say "I think he's doing a (so-called)"fabulous" job" with quotes around "fabulous," maybe someone else has said he's doing a fabulous job but you don't agree at all.
- Those are "air quotes" -- a way to show quotation marks while speaking.
- Usually they're used where you might say "so-called," to express sarcasm or irony.
- For example, if you say "I think he's doing a (so-called)"fabulous" job" with quotes around "fabulous," maybe someone else has said he's doing a fabulous job but you don't agree at all.
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Those are "air quotes" -- a way to show quotation marks while speaking. Usually they're used where you might say "so-called," to express sarcasm or irony. For example, if you say "I think he's doing a (so-called)"fabulous" job" with quotes around "fabulous," maybe someone else has said he's doing a fabulous job but you don't agree at all.
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