• TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    That makes sense, but I think some people misuse that term and just think it’s a fun way to say quotes.

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      5 hours ago

      Yes. I believe I’ve seen some people say “scare quotes” to refer to actual quotations which are highlighted specifically because they are alarming. Which is understandable, I guess.

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      7 hours ago

      Hmmm, I haven’t noticed the term being misused frequently. It wasn’t in this case; chunes correctly identified the scare quotes in the OP

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        6 hours ago

        Yes I’m not saying it was used wrong here. “So called” is how I’ll try to think of it in the future. Thanks for putting it that way