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hay rick

(9,454 posts)
Sat Apr 24, 2021, 08:40 PM Apr 2021

I did something childish today.

I was driving and passed a group of "pro-life" demonstrators. I didn't want to be too rude (flip a bird) or too hostile (thumb down), so I put my thumb on my nose and wiggled my fingers. In the back of my mind I could hear myself saying "Na na n-na nah." It's been a while.

I looked up the gesture when I got home and found out it's called cocking a snook.

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I did something childish today. (Original Post) hay rick Apr 2021 OP
Hey, when ya gotta cock a snook, ya gotta nt XanaDUer2 Apr 2021 #1
LOL! Diamond_Dog Apr 2021 #2
We get them in front leftieNanner Apr 2021 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author Tbear Apr 2021 #4
Very cool! BigmanPigman Apr 2021 #6
I don't think it's a bad thing for them to see that not everyone agrees with them. How do you look Karadeniz Apr 2021 #5
Trial and error, but it's easier than you might suppose. hay rick Apr 2021 #8
I'd have been rude. Warpy Apr 2021 #7
I've always heard that gesture called thumbing one's nose. ShazzieB Apr 2021 #9

Diamond_Dog

(40,076 posts)
2. LOL!
Sat Apr 24, 2021, 08:53 PM
Apr 2021

I once rolled down my car window and gave a huge raspberry to some idiots selling Trump flags on a street corner.

leftieNanner

(16,131 posts)
3. We get them in front
Sat Apr 24, 2021, 09:43 PM
Apr 2021

Of the Planned Parenthood here on a regular basis.

Whenever they show up, I go in and make a donation. On my way out, I make sure that they know that they are responsible!

Yahoo!

Response to leftieNanner (Reply #3)

hay rick

(9,454 posts)
8. Trial and error, but it's easier than you might suppose.
Sat Apr 24, 2021, 11:37 PM
Apr 2021

I looked up "thumb on nose" in Google and one of the autocomplete options was "thumb on nose wiggling fingers meaning."

ShazzieB

(22,333 posts)
9. I've always heard that gesture called thumbing one's nose.
Sat Apr 24, 2021, 11:37 PM
Apr 2021

I like "cocking a snook," though. It sounds cheekier somehow.

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