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CHILDREN WHO AREN'T GETTING ALONG IN NEWFOUNDLAND
{CANADA} HAVE AN INSULTING GREETING WHICH CONSISTS
OF LIFTING UP THE RIGHT LEG OFF OF THE GROUND AND
SLAPPING THE RIGHT BUTTOX WITH THE RIGHT HAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BUTTOCKS ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Derision Scorn |
Date learned: 11-00-1971
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THIS GESTURE IS MUCH MORE POPULAR UP NORTH THAN DOWN
SOUTH. IT ALSO HAS TWO DIFFERENT MEANINGS. THE MOST
WIDELY KNOWN USE IN THE MIDWEST IS TO TELL SOMEONE
THAT YOU THINK WHAT THEY ARE SAYING IS A LOT OF
BULLSHIT. THE SECOND MEANING COMES FROM THE EAST
COAST WHERE IT MEANS "FUCK YOU" TO THE INTENDED PERSON.
THE GESTURE IS GIVEN BY CLOSING THE FIST AND EXTENDING
THE INDEX AND LITTLE FINGERS {UPWARDS}. I HAVE SEEN
THIS GESTURE BEING USED FOR AT LEAST 15 YEARS ALL OVER
THE UPPER UNITED STATES.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO ; ASSUMED
Keyword(s): DISBELIEF
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Derision Scorn Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: KNOWN FOR MANY YEARS
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THIS GESTURE IS POPULAR ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES.
IT HAS THE SAME MEANING AND IS GIVEN THE SAME ALL
OVER. IT IS GIVEN BY CLOSING THE FINGERS AS IF
THEY WERE WRAPPED AROUND A STICK, EXTENDING THE
ARM, AND SHAKING THE FIST UP AND DOWN FROM THE
WRIST. THE GESTURE IS ALWAYS GIVEN TO ANOTHER
PERSON AND IT MEANS THAT THE PERSON IS A
JAG-OFF. I HAVE SEEN THIS GESTURE GOING AROUND
FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO ; ASSUMED
Keyword(s): MASTURBATION
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Derision Scorn Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: KNOWN FOR MANY YEARS
THE LITTLE AND INDEX FINGERS RAISED FROM A CLENCHED
FIST WITH KNUCKLES TOWARD BEARER, TELLS RECEIVER
HE IS "FULL OF IT."
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): DISBELIEF
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Derision Scorn |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
SOMETIMES THERE IS A PERSON IN A GROUP OF PEOPLE
THAT IS TELLING EXTRA-BULL STORIES. A GESTURE USED
TO SHOW THIS IS: MAKING A SHOVELING MOTION--THAT
THE BULL IS GETTING PRETTY DEEP.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): BULL=UNTRUTH, LIE ; DISBELIEF
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Derision Scorn |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GESTURE
TO TURN ONE'S NOSE UP. THIS HAS REFERENCES AS A SCORN.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): SNOBBISH ; SNOOTY ; SNUB ; STUCK-UP
James Callow Keyword(s): METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Derision Scorn |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN A RADIO OR TELEVISION STUDIO SITUATION ONE OR TWO
HANDS RAISED IN THE AIR WITH THE PALMS FACING THE
PERSON ON THE AIR INDICATES TO THAT PERSON TO GET
READY OR TO STAND BY FOR ANOTHER SIGNAL TO COME.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT IS IN THE FIELD OF COMMUNICATIONS AND
HAS USED THIS GESTURE AND HAS SEEN OTHERS USE A
GESTURE OF SIMILAR NATURE WHEN SPEAKING DURING AN
"AIR SITUATION" IS PROHIBITED.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): BROADCASTING
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
THE DRAWING APART OF TWO HANDS AS IF PULLING TAFFY MEANS
TO SLOW DOWN OR TO STRETCH OUT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT USES THIS WHEN HE'S TALKING. HE USES THIS
WHEN HE IS TRYING TO PROLONG A MOMENT WHILE TRYING
TO FIND THE RIGHT WORDS TO SAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BROADCASTING?
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: 10-03-1971
IN THE FIELD OF COMMUNICATIONS WHEN SPEAKING IS NOT
ALLOWED DURING AN "AIR SITUATION" THE INDEX FINGER
WHEN POINTED AT THAT PERSON GOING TO BE ON "THE AIR"
BY USE OF THE WHOLE FOREARM IN BENDING AT THE
ELBOW, MEANS THE PERSON CAN BEGIN, OR START.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT IS IN THE FIELD OF COMMUNICATIONS AND
HAS USED THIS SIGNAL TO INSTRUCT A PERSON WHO IS ON
THE AIR TO BEGIN.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COMMUNICATIONS? CLEAR AS MUD.
James Callow Keyword(s): BROADCASTING
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: 10-31-1971
THERE IS A BRASILIAN GESTURE IN WHICH ONE TAKES HIS
RIGHT HAND AND THROWS IT OUT, THEN DOWN, AND THEN
BACK QUICKLY WHICH MEANS "COME HERE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
Keyword(s): BRAZIL ; SOUTH AMERICA
James Callow Keyword(s): COME HITHER GESTURE
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: 02-19-1970
DRIVING--TURN SIGNAL
LEFT ARM EXTENDED OUT WINDOW WITH FOREARM AT A
90 DEGREE ANGLE WITH BICEP MEANS RIGHT TURN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; PARENTS
James Callow Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DRIVING--TURN SIGNAL
ARM STRAIGHT DOWN MEANS SLOW UP OR STOP.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; PARENTS
James Callow Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TALE OF KISSING ONES ELBOW
IF YOU KISS YOUR ELBOW, YOU'LL TURN INTO THE
OPPOSITE SEX.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): IMPOSSIBLE TASK
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFORMATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Word Letter SPEECH -- Magical |
Date learned: 01-26-1972
YOU TAP A PIECE OF WOOD TO PREVENT THE LOSS OF GOOD
LUCK BY MENTIONING THE FACT THAT YOU HAD GOOD LUCK.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CUSTOM ; GESTURE ; Knock ; Knocking ; LUCK ; SUPERSTITION ; WOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): Knock On Wood
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck P881.22 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
STROKING YOUR CHIN (OR BEARD) IS A SIGN OF THOUGHTFULNESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.16 SPEECH -- Thinking Remembering Forgetting |
Date learned: 11-16-1967
SNAPPING YOUR FINGERS IS A SIGN THAT YOU HAVE JUST
REMEMBERED SOMETHING THAT YOU HAD FORGOTTEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Thinking Remembering Forgetting |
Date learned: 11-16-1967
BRASILIAN GESTURE
THERE IS A BRASILIAN GESTURE IN WHICH ONE SHAKES HIS
OPEN HAND ABOUT EYE LEVEL WHICH MEANS THAT "THE FOOD
IS DELICIOUS."
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LIVED IN BRASIL FOR SIX YEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
Keyword(s): BRAZIL
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food SPEECH -- Eating |
Date learned: 02-17-1970
EXPRESSION FOR GESTURE
COMMENT (USUALLY BY PARENT) WHEN SOMEONE REACHES ACROSS
THE DINNER TABLE:
"THAT'S THE BOARDING-HOUSE REACH!"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
Keyword(s): IMPOLITE
James Callow Keyword(s): TABLE MANNERS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Eating |
Date learned: 02-10-1970
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CLENCH FIST, PUT THUMB UP AND ROTATE THUMB IN
A CIRCLE. MEANING--SIT ON IT AND TWIRL --
UP YOURS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): OBSCENE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Gesture Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 11-03-1971
WHEN IS ONION SOUP SURE TO RUN OUT OF THE SOUP
PLATE?
WHEN THERE'S A LEAK IN THEM. (LEEK)
Where learned: INDIANA ; PORTAGE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 10-00-1971