when whilst you are saying something, you hold your the pointer and middle fingers of
yoru hands up in the air curled as if to make
quotation marks as if to make the thing you said sound peculiar or strange. also used as a taunt.
Martha: wow, its been six years since i have seen you, whatever happened to your (air quotes) band?
Fred: hey! we turned out some really good stuff on our first CD!
Martha: fred, your (air quotes) band was only
six guys and some italian
stew pots.