Sentences with phrase «term scare quotes»

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.

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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.
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