A gesture interchangeably used as a greeting, a goodbye, or more commonly as a visual exclamation point at the end of a sentence. Also makes a great ice breaker in
awkward moments.
Using your dominate hand, extend your hand palm up at about waist level opposite your target(
s). Using the appropriate amount of sarcasm, open your hand and go through the
motion of gently tapping the
bottom of their balls a few times while making a clicking sound with your tongue and the roof of your mouth. It looses a sense of dignity if any actual contact is made. Doing this at close range (
2 to 3 feet away) is very effective and a great ice breaker.
In almost one
motion, he smiled, pointed at the
clock, gave us all the
two digit salute, and walked away leaving us briefly stunned.