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[–] 36 points 2 years ago (1 child)

It's the verbal equivalent of quotation marks done as a hand gesture.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah—I think the canonical usage is to hold up your fingers as you say “quote unquote”, then lower your hands when the quote is complete.

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