I don't think "scare quotes" is a pejorative. It's just shorthand for
the usage you describe (i.e., "I'm using your term but I don't really
agree with your usage").
You have to admit, it's useful to have a succinct term for that.
- Darcy
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On 06 Jul, 2004, at 09:07 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote:
At 05:52 PM 7/6/04 -0700, Mark D Lew wrote:
(who thinks scare quotes are incorrect
I just heard the term "scare quotes" a few weeks ago for the first
time,
when Andrew Stiller used it on O-List. When did the previous meaning
(approximately "I'm using your term but I don't really agree with the
usage") turn into a pejorative ("scare quotes")?
Dennis
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