[Ads-l] spooky claws

[Andy Bach]

> And if there is an existing term somewhere, tell me what it is,  (Then
switch to " spooky claws.")

Isn't "air quotes" the usual term?  Unless you mean that the face
scrunch/air quotes adds a level of disbelief that air quotes alone doesn't
carry.

On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 4:41 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Friday, MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace made political history by becoming the
> first former Republican White House staffer and current news host to
> scrunch up her face and wiggle her fingers at viewers while expressing
> skepticism about a conspiracy theory.
>
> I asked my wife if some phrase existed for this familiar, two-handed wiggly
> gesture.  She immediately responded, "spooky claws."    I wondered aloud
> why I'd never met with that expression, and she clarified by saying she'd
> just made it up.
>
> So if there's no recognized term, I urge everyone to adopt "making spooky
> claws."  ('Tis the season.)
>
> And if there is an existing term somewhere, tell me what it is,  (Then
> switch to " spooky claws.")
>
> JL
>
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