What is that gesture called?

[Laurence Horn]

Maybe "fist pump"? That out-hits "pump fist" by 1000 or so on google,
and it seems more in accord with English nominal compounding patterns.
Of course, that still doesn't bring in the accompanying "Yesssss",
which in turn (although its co-occurrrence with the fist pump is
indeed associated with "Home Alone") evokes Marv Albert's calls for
baskets on Knicks' and other NBA broadcasts.

Larry

At 6:12 PM -0500 11/1/04, Orion Montoya wrote:
>I've generally seen it called "pumping one's fist", though I don't
>know that the phrase necessarily extends to the accompanying
>exclamation.
>
>A google for "pump fist" yields many sales of autographed photographs
>of fist-pumping athletes.
>
>O.
>
>  > > Am not aware it has a name.  I'd call it something like,
>>  > "that gesture of intense glee where you go [visual
>>  > demonstration] 'YESS.' "