This subject was brought up at our party last Saturday night and so I felt it should be further explained here. Air quotes, also called fingerquotes, refers to a person using their fingers to make virtual quotation marks in the air while they are speaking. Using both hands held shoulder-width apart and at the eye level of the speaker, flexing their index and middle fingers at the begining and end of the word or phrase. Air quotes are often used to express sarcasm and/or irony giving a comic effect.
These are some t-shirts I found online showing the propper use of an air quote!
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