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scare quote

Either of a pair of quotation marks used to emphasize a word or phrase or to indicate its special status, especially to express doubt about its validity or to criticize its use.

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

inverted comma, quotation mark, quote - a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else

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inverted comma quotation mark quote scare quotes			CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES Christian 'communism' (I use scare quotes since it is not really communism as we know it) is essentially and fundamentally different. Communist manifesto: the abolition of man by Meenan, John-Paul / Catholic Insight 2) After all, the opportunities provided by such hands-on sessions and street-level interventions may be the only time for many people to actually try out these ideas and strategies (and perhaps even some new ones) in an actual city; they are a unique chance to move past exhibition to incarnation and the only way to make actual actions out of these "actions" (rarely have scare quotes seemed so apt). Actions: What You Can Do With the City by Dube, Peter / C: International Contemporary Art com did headline the word "marry" in scare quotes, but the blogosphere outcry forced the site to make a quick edit. As Ellen goes, so goes the nation: when Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de ... by Kort, Michele / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)			scar tissue scarab scarabaean scarabaeid scarabaeid beetle Scarabaeidae scarabaeoid scarabaeus Scarabaeus sacer scaraboid Scaramouch Scaramouche Scarborough scarce scarcely scarcement scarceness scarcity scarcity value Scard Scardinius Scardinius erythrophthalmus scare scare away scare off scare quote scare quotes scare story scarecrow scarecrowish scared scaredy-cat Scarefire scarehead scaremonger scaremongering scarer scarey scarf scarf bandage scarf joint scarf out Scarf weld scarface Scarfe scarfpin scarfskin Scargill Scaridae Scarification scarificator			Scarcity rent Scarcity value SCARD SCARD SCARDA Scardafella inca SCARDB Scardinius Scardinius erythrophthalmus Scardinius erythrophthalmus scare scare scare scare scare scare scare away scare away scare away from Scare marks scare off scare off scare one out of mind scare one out of wits scare or an animal out scare or an animal to death scare out scare out of scare out of a year's growth scare out of wits scare quote Scare quotes scare someone or an animal out scare someone or an animal to death scare stiff scare story scare the bejeezus out scare the daylights out of scare the hell out of scare the life out of scare the living daylights out of scare the living daylights out of someone scare the pants off scare the pants off scare the shit out of scare the wits out of scare the wits out of someone scare to death scare up scare up scare up scarecrow scarecrow Scarecrow and Mrs. King Scarecrow argument Scarecrow argument Scarecrow argument scarecrowish Scarecrows Scarecrows scared

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