An old friend asked me (a propos of this cartoon) what air quotes are. A fair question. I responded with a tutorial, which I’m sharing with any of you who have yet to explore this powerful means of self-expression:

  1. Hold up your hands beside your head.
  2. Make fists.
  3. Extend the index and middle fingers of each hand.
  4. While saying something intended to be surrounded by quotation marks, wiggle your fingers.
  5. (For advanced users) Adopt this process as an irritating mannerism

Is text not your cup of tea? (If not, you may be very well-suited to air quotes.) Try this video tutorial instead:

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