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HAVE A NICE TRIP, SEE YOU NEXT FALL.
Submitter comment:
WE SAID THIS AS CHILDREN TO AGGRAVATE SOMEONE WHO HAD
JUST TRIPPED OR FALLEN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): TAUNT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GESTURE FOR HOT
HOT -- WET MIDDLE FINGER IN MOUTH, REACH IT FORWARD
AND JERK IT BACK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): TEMPERATURE
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Gesture SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.14 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ESKIMO GESTURE
THE ESKIMO DOES NOT INDULGE IN THE ACT OF KISSING
AS AN ACT OF LOVE-MAKING. KISSING SIGNIFIES
ONLY A FRIENDSHIP. THEY EXPRESS THEMSELVES
INSTEAD OF KISSING, BY RUBBING THEIR ELBOWS ON
EACH OTHER'S.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Body parts involved SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.14 SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.2 SPEECH -- Love Affection |
Date learned: 03-21-1968
ACT OF DISDAIN
ITALIAN GESTURE FORMED BY PUTTING HAND UNDER CHIN
AND THEN THRUSTING IT OUTWARD--THIS SIGNIFIES DISDAIN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; ITALY, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Derision Scorn |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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IMBECILE GESTURE
PUT YOUR INDEX FINGER ON YOUR LIPS AND THEN MOVE IT
UP AND DOWN QUICKLY, WHILE HUMMING--SIGNIFIES AN
IMBECILE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed SPEECH -- Foolishness Stupidity Insanity |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE INDEX FINGER MOTIONING IN A CIRCLE AT THE SIDE OF
THE HEAD OF THE PERSON WHO IS SIGNALING, MEANING
"DIZZY" OR AN OBJECT OR SUBJECT IS THOUGHT "STUPID."
Submitter comment: CANNOT REMEMBER WHERE FROM.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Foolishness Stupidity Insanity |
Date learned: 10-04-1967
AN ITALIAN GESTURE FORMED BY CUPPING THE RIGHT
HAND WITH FINGERTIPS TOGETHER. THIS MEANS TO SAY:
ARE YOU CRAZY? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): RHETORICAL QUESTION
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Foolishness Stupidity Insanity |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BY RUBBING INDEX FINGERS AND POINTING IN THE DIRECTION
OF A PERSON, ONE INDICATES THAT SHAME HAS FALLEN ON
THAT PERSON.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Shame |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MOCK SYMPATHY
BY HOLDING THE ARMS AS IF ONE IS PLAYING THE
VIOLIN, ONE CAN INDICATE MOCK SYMPATHY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Mock sympathy and mock enthusiasm |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RUBBING THE THUMB AND INDEX FINGER TOGETHER SIGNIFIES
THE SMALLEST RECORD PLAYER IN THE WORLD, PLAYING
THE SMALLEST RECORDING OF "MY HEART BLEEDS FOR YOU."
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): SARCASM
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Mock sympathy and mock enthusiasm |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN PEOPLE SAY THE SAME THING AT THE SAME TIME,
THEY USED TO DO SOME GESTURE OR SOMETHING
TOGETHER AND MAKE A WISH. NOWADAYS, WHEN THIS HAPPENS,
YOUNG CHILDREN SAY "COKE" AND WHOEVER SAYS IT FIRST
GETS TREATED TO A COKE BY THE OTHER ONE.
COLLEGE STUDENTS USUALLY SAY "BEER."
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): COKE=COCA COLA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER ARE HELD IN THE V SIGN. TODAY
IT HAS COME TO BE A SYMBOL FOR YOUTH TO MEAN PEACE.
LONG AGO IT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL.
IT WAS HIS VICTORY SIGN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions Victory Peace |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOREFINGER AND MIDDLE FINGER RAISED UP IS A CURRENT
SYMBOL FOR PEACE--IT IS SYMBOLIC OF A DOVE'S FOOT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions Victory Peace |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE HAND GESTURE SYMBOLIZING PEACE IS MADE BY MAKING
THE "V" SIGN OF WORLD WAR II FAME, BUT WITH THE PALM
FACING OUT, INSTEAD OF TOWARD THE PERSON MAKING THE
SIGN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions Victory Peace |
THE PEACE SIGN IS MADE WITH THE FIRST TWO FINGERS
EXTENDED UPWARD IN THE SHAPE OF A "V"
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions Victory Peace |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FORMULA SPEECH AND GESTURES
WHENEVER THERE IS A KICK-OFF AT A FOOTBALL GAME,
AT DENBY HIGH SCHOOL {DETROIT, MICHIGAN ASSUMED}
IT WAS TRADITION TO RAISE YOUR ARMS AND INTERLOCK
LITTLE FINGERS WITH THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU AND SAY
GOOOOOO UNTIL THE BALL WAS KICKED. AT NOTRE DAME
HIGH SCHOOL {DETROIT, MICHIGAN ASSUMED} IT WAS
TRADITION TO RAISE YOUR RIGHT ARM AND CIRCLE IT WHILE
YOU SAID GOOO UNTIL THE BALL WAS KICKED.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A HAND HELD UP PALM UP MEANS STOP.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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
LEFT ARM STRAIGHT OUT THE WINDOW MEANS LEFT TURN.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM PARENTS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): DRIVING TURN-SIGNAL ; MANUAL
James Callow Keyword(s): 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