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air quotes

Summary

air quotes is a gesture[1]. It draws 341 Wikipedia views per month (gesture category, ranking #6 of 27).[2]

Key Facts

  • air quotes's image is recorded as Airquotes.gif[3].
  • air quotes's instance of is recorded as gesture[4].
  • quotation mark is named after air quotes[5].
  • air quotes's Commons category is recorded as Air quotes[6].
  • air quotes's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02qx54[7].
  • air quotes's uses is recorded as index finger[8].
  • air quotes's uses is recorded as middle finger[9].
  • air quotes's Quora topic ID is recorded as Air-Quotes[10].
  • air quotes's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/AirQuotes[11].
  • air quotes's IMDb keyword is recorded as air-quote-gesture[12].

Why It Matters

air quotes draws 341 Wikipedia views per month (gesture category, ranking #6 of 27).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). air quotes. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/air-quotes
MLA “air quotes.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/air-quotes.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_air-quotes_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{air quotes}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/air-quotes}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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