Meaning of finger pointy | Babel Free

Examples

“‘OK, so do you remember cousin Matteo?’ / ‘Oh. Erm … yeah,’ Anna said. ‘The one who did that hip swivel, finger pointy dance to “When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman” with Mum at Dad’s fiftieth?[…]’”

“The heart of the matter is this: feminism’s been hijacked by the dark forces of judginess, by our communally created fear that our every deed, word, thought, joke and Tweet is being monitored for fuck ups. Feminism is increasingly defined by a sense of what you can’t do, shouldn’t say. Then again: what isn’t? We’ve entered a spectacularly critical, witch hunty, finger pointy episode in the history of humanity.”

“Maya also means well. But her tone can be a little off. She can come across a little dismissive and finger pointy.”

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