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"He could hardly be held accountable for determining how much time had passed in her presence, for soon she was gone: ' Pfft,' he expounded." — Joseph Di Prisco, Confessions of Brother Eli
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* The British expression "noise stroke gesture" (in American parlance, "noise slash gesture" or "noise/gesture") refers to the intriguing fact
that some vocal expressions seem to call for an accompanying hand
gesture. Take, for example, Pfft! No matter what its intended meaning, it virtually demands to be echoed in sign language. Have you noticed a pfft hand gesture in print? Please share!
For a variety of surprising definitions of pfft, check out my Dictionary of All-Consonant Words at OneLetterWords.com. |
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