A colleague wrote:
QUESTION:
Can you tell me (precisely) what this sign means?
To 'flick' a supreme insult to someone. Hold 'delete/eliminate' hand
shape at right side of nose palm faces at angle to the left; move
hand back toward right shoulder and as you do, flick the thumb out
one time.
Might it mean 'snotty?' Or some other thing that is just as gross?
RESPONSE:
I've always thought that sign as conveying a meaning something to
the effect of:
"You (or the situation we are discussing) are as inconsequential and
meaningless to me as a booger" or "I think of you as being similar
to a booger in need of flicking away."
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