Air Quotes=More Awkward Moments In Mythology

SO after experiencing different people in different situations react practically the same way to me putting air quotes around random words during various conversations, I have decided that air quotes create a somewhat scandalous or sarcastic meaning behind the quoted subject. Basically hints at the idea that you are not really meaning exactly what you say, but maybe something more? If you are familiar with the person you are talking to with the quotes, then it is sometimes easy to interpret, but to a complete stranger you might as well be asking for something inappropriate!