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hand waving

1. Navy slang for semaphore

2. The crude pidgin language adopted by vastly intelligent scienticians when trying to explain complex ideas and theorems to a normal person with only average intelligence or less.
The radio was broken, so the crew of HMS Ipswich had to rely on Hand Waving.

With a lot of Hand Waving, professor Auld was able to explain to Helen the importance of 2+ 3+ alternate magnetic coupling in an antiferromagnetic arrangement.
by TheIan October 23, 2003
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Waving

A form of grinding that is not as aggressive and is more classy
Girl: Dude did u see Jason and Becca grinding last night?!?!?!?
Girl 2: Bro they were just waving......but Tyler and Dannica were grinding

Girl: Ohhhhh that makes sense!
by silent snakes July 22, 2019
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lighter waving

Holding out lighters and waving them back and forth in the air during concerts.

Recently, cell phones are taking the place of lighters.
They all decided to pull out their cell phones, lighter waving style.
by everlasting May 11, 2006
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Waving the wand

Slang euphemism for masturbating/jacking off/jilling off.
Guy 1: I got so horny last night watching this feet-sucking porn video I starting waving the wand to it.
Guy 2: Get a life.
by Lil remains gon make a stang August 16, 2021
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Wavix

creator of detroit circles
#1 arcturus fan
gthoms boyfriend
has beaten cup ramen 200+ times
that guy is being a wavix
by maplopis August 25, 2022
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Missile Waving

when when country launches test missiles in response to another country's launch
"did you see the US launched an ICBM test missile?"
" Yeah I saw.. They are just Missile waving with North Korea"
by Lloyd Mobile August 2, 2017
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Wavoids

The term applied to the the delusional, Kool-Aid drinking shareholders of "Wave Systems." Wave Systems is a puny, scam software company that has burned through over $300 million since 1988 but has never generated any profits. Nevertheless, the sheeplike shareholders formed a cult online and constantly convince each other to buy more shares, even as it plummeted from 50 dollars to 50 cents. That doesn't stop the CEO from giving himself large bonuses, though. There was even an off-broadway play written about them. See SmartMoney articles.
Google on the word Wavoids and you'll get a good laugh.
by Larry Nelzoni July 31, 2008
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