A cabaret-style dance move, popularized by the musical "Fosse". Now used, usually ironically, to express excitement, glee, razzle dazzle, etc.
The move is performed by tilting the head slightly, shimmering the hands with fingers splayed either side of the face and crying "Jazz hands!" with an enthusiastic smile. Think Jack from Will and Grace.
Also *JAZZ HANDS!!!* used as an expressive punctuation on blogs and bulletin boards.
The move is performed by tilting the head slightly, shimmering the hands with fingers splayed either side of the face and crying "Jazz hands!" with an enthusiastic smile. Think Jack from Will and Grace.
Also *JAZZ HANDS!!!* used as an expressive punctuation on blogs and bulletin boards.
by CougarSW2 November 15, 2004
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See also flummoxed.
See also flummoxed.
by CougarSW2 November 19, 2004
Get the flattered mug.A woman comedian for whom no allowances need to be made. A brilliant observer of social types in modern Britain...she drills into the kind of people you normally skirt around and taps the wellspring of their irritating nature. Rarely has an apprenticeship with the Royal Shakespeare Company been put to such good use. The nation should immortalize her in Cockney rhyming slang.
"Sorry I'm Catherine, the traffic was awful."
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"Can't come out tonight, I've got a Catherine."
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"You're looking Catherine, have you lost Catherine?"
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"Can't come out tonight, I've got a Catherine."
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"You're looking Catherine, have you lost Catherine?"
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Get the catherine tate mug.Man: Why are you crying?
Woman: You just told me you don't feel that way about me any more.
Man: Hey, nobody died.
Woman: You just told me you don't feel that way about me any more.
Man: Hey, nobody died.
by cougarSW2 April 25, 2005
Get the nobody died mug.Single word exclamation, accompanied by a gesture where the hand is swept palm down over the head from front to back with about three inches clearance.
Indicates that the joke just told was too sophisticated for the listener and has gone "way over their head".
Sometimes comes to mind when reading feedback on Urban Dictionary quality control.
Indicates that the joke just told was too sophisticated for the listener and has gone "way over their head".
Sometimes comes to mind when reading feedback on Urban Dictionary quality control.
2. paris
Capital of North Africa.
j'en ai marre
Source: fnjlas, Jun 20, 2004
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(Whoosh!)
Capital of North Africa.
j'en ai marre
Source: fnjlas, Jun 20, 2004
A user said this should be deleted: Factually incorrect and the example is not even in English."
(Whoosh!)
by CougarSW2 November 14, 2004
Get the whoosh mug.The ceremonial rising of Louis XIV, the Sun King. Doctors, family and a few favoured friends successively enter the King's Bedchamber where he is washed, combed, and, every other day, shaven. The Officers of the Chamber and the Wardrobe then enter in turn for full levee, during which the king is dressed and has breakfast.
From Charlemagne to Napoleon no monarch received such unbounded praise as Louis XIV. But the judgment of our own times upon Louis XIV is very different from that of his own age. And if it be asked nowadays, "Who did the most towards the destruction of the ancien regime?" the correct answer is, "Louis XIV, its greatest representative." The Versailles palace and parks alone cost France one thousand million francs {more than £40,000,000), and there were fifteen other royal palaces.
The Grand Monarch, indeed, seemed to realize the truth in his dying words (1715): "Do not imitate my love for building and for war; assuage the misery of my people."
From Charlemagne to Napoleon no monarch received such unbounded praise as Louis XIV. But the judgment of our own times upon Louis XIV is very different from that of his own age. And if it be asked nowadays, "Who did the most towards the destruction of the ancien regime?" the correct answer is, "Louis XIV, its greatest representative." The Versailles palace and parks alone cost France one thousand million francs {more than £40,000,000), and there were fifteen other royal palaces.
The Grand Monarch, indeed, seemed to realize the truth in his dying words (1715): "Do not imitate my love for building and for war; assuage the misery of my people."
The Sun King's daily timetable was incumbent on Louis XV and Louis XVI, but neither of them could bear court ceremonial. They tended to flee to their private apartments or smaller chateaus nearby. Levees and couchees became increasingly rare. Courtiers complained that the king was nowhere to be seen.
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