The first use of
the term scare quotes (without a hyphen) dates back to at least 1956, when it was used by a University of Cambridge professor in a philosophical essay.
Not exact matches
Answer # 3: I always try to put «
scare quotes» around the word «greenhouse» unless referring to the glass variety because the
term is misleading.
That's because lawyers put
scare quotes on words,
terms, and phrases they would not use otherwise.