“In Thar” - Origin: Rhode Island surfer. Meaning: A state of grace beyond words; total surrender; totally tubular
S.P.O.A.G.
Society for the Preservation Of Anachronistic Gesture
This gesture comes from a homosexual enclave in Berlin in the late 1920s called Der Zanzanfrischen, in which dental hygiene was prized above all else – clothing, intellect, muscle tone, dance moves, everything.
Adam - “Guns Out” - Recipient of good fortune. May be accompanied with sound: braaap, brllllaaaap, (faster) braaap, brllllaaaap (repeat sequence).
Billy - “I write you (your name) on my testicles.” - A Greek gesture signifying complete dismissal of someone or their ideas.
Robyn - “Finger bite” - I think someone is saucy and hot, but i can’t
physically eat them so i bite my finger instead
Emilie - “What the hell?” - I mean, what the hell?
Albrecht - “The Wedge” - Coming between/a request for intervention.
Taliesin - “Shame shame” - You did something naughty/you should be ashamed (but also secretly pleased with yourself).
Mathieu - “Steffie Shock” - To accept oneself as a man.
Emily - “Girl Scout’s Honour” - Sincerity/I’m being honest.
Steve - “Uh Uh Uh” - To cease your current activity.
Vince - “The Rooster” - When high, to express being high beyond words.
Lisa - “Rega/Shniah” - Hold on a second!
This gesture finds its origins in the chicken coops of pre-industrial Welsh prisons. In these prisons, it was common to keep domesticated animals and plots of cultivated land to keep the prisoners working and productive.
