handwave

Definitions

1. The wave of a hand.
   literally
2. A glib statement or explanation that glosses over important details.

Equivalents

Examples

“The leader, an upright, broad-shouldered old man, with snow-white hair, half halts his horse with a handwave of salutation, as he reaches the Imperial Crown Prince, then gallops on with the latter hanging close⟳ on his flank.”

“"[…]In fact I tell⟳ this mob"— he gave a derogatory handwave in the direction of the ten or twelve pairs of eyes that were still intent on us—"that I was the original of these Pappa-whatsits." "Papparazzi."”

“In this glib handwave by Friedman, the real results are determined independently of money and financing phenomena; given the way monetarists set⟳ up the analysis, the rate of growth of money can only affect⟳ the behavior of the price level.”

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