[Ads-l] spooky claws

[Mark Mandel]

Gee, I thought of a skeletal Santa.

On Sun, Sep 29, 2019, 5:41 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
>
> --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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