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IF A PERSON WANTS A DRINK, HE DRAWS HIS FINGERS INTO
A FIST, PUTS HIS THUMB INTO HIS MOUTH, AND MOVES
HIS ARMS UP AND DOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Drink SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions SPEECH -- Drinking |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN YOUR DRINKING GLASS IS EMPTY AND YOU WANT IT
REFILLED, YOU GENTLY TAP THE RIM OF THE EMPTY GLASS.
THIS WOULD BE A SIGNAL FOR THE GLASS TO BE FILLED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Drink SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions SPEECH -- Drinking |
CRUCIAL MOMENT OF LIFE CUSTOM
WHEN A FRATERNITY BROTHER OF MY FRATERNITY GETS MARRIED,
GRADUATES, OR GETS PINNED, WE TOAST HIM BY INTERLOCKING
OUR ARMS WITH THE DRINKS IN OUR HANDS, WE CLINK THE
GLASSES BACKWARDS AND CHUG THE DRINK.
Submitter comment:
HE COMMENTS THAT THIS PROBABLY SOUNDS STUPID, BUT
THEY ALWAYS DO IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SLANG: CHUG=DRINK IT ALL AT ONCE.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Crucial Moment of Life Life Cycle CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Food Drink -- Drink SPEECH -- Drinking |
Date learned: 11-02-1970
WHEN PLAYING ANY DRINKING GAME, IT IS NOT ALLOWABLE TO
POINT AT A PERSON WHO HAS MADE A MISTAKE WITH ONE'S
FINGER. YOU MUST POINT ONLY WITH YOUR ELBOWS.
A PERSON CAUGHT POINTING WITH HIS FINGER MUST TAKE A
DRINK AS PUNISHMENT.
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; SAN DIEGO ; MARINE BASE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Song: Game, Pastime, Sport Food Drink -- Drink SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.2 SPEECH -- Drinking |
Date learned: 09-00-1970
A POLISH GESTURE
A POLISH GESTURE I KNOW FROM POLAND IS ONE TO SHOW THAT
SOMEONE IS DRUNK. THE OUTER SIDE OF THE RIGHT {HAND}
IS USED. YOU PUT THE HAND, PARALLEL TO THE FLOOR
AGAINST THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE THROAT.
Where learned: POLAND
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Derision Scorn SPEECH -- Drinking |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A GESTURE MY FATHER KNOWS FROM POLAND IS ONE TO SHOW
THAT SOMEONE IS DRUNK. THE RIGHT HAND IS USED.
THE RIGHT EYE IS WINKED AS THE TONGUE IS CLUCKED AND
THE FOREFINGER IS FLICKED AT THE THROAT.
Where learned: POLAND
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Drink SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Body parts involved SPEECH -- Derision Scorn SPEECH -- Drinking |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
IN SPAIN, IF YOU DRINK TOO MUCH, YOU MAKE A GESTURE
BY PUTTING YOUR MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS DOWN AND
LEAVING THE OTHER FINGERS UP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Drink SPEECH -- Body parts involved SPEECH -- Drinking |
Date learned: 02-27-1971