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Examples
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Note the lack of scarequotes around "reverse racism."
Shut Up, Gerry 2008
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I appreciate the scarequotes that Kois put into his phrase "'respectable' children's fiction."
Archive 2008-04-01 2008
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Note the lack of scarequotes around "reverse racism."
SeeLight: 2008
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Jenelle N. sent in this fascinating music video of artists in Bulgaria appropriating American hip hop and, correspondingly, elements of “Black” culture (highly produced and largely invented by music executives) and blending it with more “indigenous” art forms (please do note all of my scarequotes).
CULTURAL APPROPRIATION/IMPERIALISM » Sociological Images 2008
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July 28th, 2008 @ 7:40 PM news photo by scarequotes flickr
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But, I suspect if you understand this whole “scarequotes” ambituity, you may understand whe I say The paper discusses the missing storms, not “missing” storms, and I was puzzled by your use.
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You post here a lot, so I assumed your use of scarequotes was meant to convey something.
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So, journalists are now using the phrase "Death Tax" without scarequotes?
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The “scarequotes” issue is sort of a convention– just as ALL CAPS is shouting.
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Interesting note: Roberts has announced the 4 members of SSCI that will be part of this "oversight" committee and I use scarequotes advisedly.
alexz commented on the word scarequotes
scare quotes
June 2, 2015