Nobel gesture

n. A refusal of a major cash prize or honour because of the horribly tainted origin of the award money.

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I hear Bob Dylan is going to refuse the Nobel Prize because Alfred Nobel made his fortune manufacturing high explosives.

Excellent. He is to be congratulated for making a Nobel gesture

by gnostic3 November 3, 2016

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vulgar gesture

Making the middle finger or making a loose fist and plunging your pointer finger in and out of it

I threw a vulgar gesture his way in response to his inappropriate comment

by Owlfillieasunafeysand June 13, 2017

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A manipulative tactic where someone retroactively claims they had planned a generous or thoughtful act but blames the other person's behavior for "ruining" it. This fabricated scenario is used as a trap to evoke guilt, regret, or compliance, even though the supposed gesture was never genuinely intended.

After our disagreement, he set up a fake gesture trap, saying he was about to propose to me but decided not to because I upset him.

by The Fairy Godfather January 5, 2025

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Gestur

Lets write " A guy who apparently hates autistic people but deep down he truly loves them, he sometimes may be an asshole but its relatively only doing it so his friends think he's cool. He sometimes is gay for some reason and is very very obvious to his popularity among men and women.

a guy named Gestur

by jjen March 6, 2022

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