air quote

noun[usually plural]2

1. •
   A typically two-handed gesture resembling quotation marks, indicating that the gesturer is speaking ironically or using unusual terminology.

   • You could hear the air quotes around ‘chill’ when he said it. — 2020
2. •
   An emphatic tone of voice used to indicate a euphemism, or displeasure with a false or inaccurate phrase being quoted.

   • "So you were out with 'the boys'," she said vexedly, putting air quotes around the last two words.