Programmer Humor

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Someone needs to tell me how a quote and a scare quote differ and what the point of the latter term is

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[–] starik@lemmy.today 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

Scare quotes are used derogatorily. They can often be preceded with the term “so-called”. Like so-called “doctors” will rip you off with their so-called “x-rays”, when ChatGPT will do it for free.

When spoken aloud, scare quotes are indicated by the speaker making bouncing bunny ears with their middle and forefingers.

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

That makes sense, but I think some people misuse that term and just think it's a fun way to say quotes.

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[–] starik@lemmy.today 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

Hmmm, I haven’t noticed the term being misused frequently. It wasn’t in this case; chunes correctly identified the scare quotes in the OP

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[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 point 2 weeks ago

Yes I'm not saying it was used wrong here. "So called" is how I'll try to think of it in the future. Thanks for putting it that way

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[–] WesternInfidels@feddit.online 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yes. I believe I've seen some people say "scare quotes" to refer to actual quotations which are highlighted specifically because they are alarming. Which is understandable, I guess.