Flontage is a verb and it represents the finger
action that contestants on shows like
American Idol or Dancing With the
Stars do during voting ceremonies.
An American Idol contestant would like the viewing audience to vote for them. They have a telephone number placed beneath them on the
television screen that you must call to cast your vote. This number happens to end in the number four, as they are contestant number four.
In an attempt to get your vote contestant number four does everything in their power to get your attention.
Pulling out all the stops they
dance and shimmy and act like they are holding their number up on your TV screen. Instead of using
one hand with four fingers to represent the number four, they
will flontage. Contestant four
will use two fingers on each hand to represent the number four (2+2=4). There
may even be a dance involved in which the fingers are moved and twisted then held up to the eyes, sort of like the John Travolta dance in Pulp Fiction.