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A friend of mine from somewhere around Como has a gesture where she taps her upper arm with her index finger while making a theatrical pained expression. I have
by twic 4y ago
A friend of mine from somewhere around Como has a gesture where she taps her upper arm with her index finger while making a theatrical pained expression. I have no idea what it represents or means. She usually does it while reacting to something she doesn't like, perhaps particularly being asked to go along with someone else's suggestion which she thinks will be arduous.
It vaguely suggests someone shooting up heroin, but i'm not sure why that would be relevant.
I have not asked her about it. I think i prefer the mystery.
- butokai 4y agoI tend to use with a meaning more nuanced towards "boring". What's going to happen is so extremely boring, that I'd better be sedated, high on drugs or the like in order to withstand it. I can see how the "drug" thing might shift the meaning to be: you must be high on drugs in order to suggest something this arduous.
- twic 4y agoThat makes perfect sense, thank you!
- tacone 4y agoIt's actually tapping with two fingers on the veins of the upper harm. It means what's going on is so tedious that she'd prefer to get a jab to escape from it.