| First Minister defending very good friend's dismayed gesture |
The Telegraph Toughie |
09 Sep 2025 |
| Gestural exasperation |
Newsday |
05 Apr 2025 |
| "What were they thinking" gesture |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jun 2024 |
| Gesture akin to "How embarrassing!" |
Universal |
21 May 2023 |
| [D'oh!] |
New York Times |
28 Mar 2023 |
| *Nonverbal alternative to “How embarrassing!” |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Aug 2021 |
| (I can't believe I did that!) |
Universal |
09 Aug 2021 |
| Unspoken expression of exasperation |
Newsday |
23 Jul 2021 |
| [I'm such an idiot!] |
New York Times |
27 Feb 2021 |
| [Doh!] |
The New Yorker |
18 May 2020 |
| Nonverbal groan |
Universal |
16 Mar 2019 |
| Nonverbal groan |
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| [I can't believe that just happened!] |
New York Times |
03 Feb 2017 |
| [I can't believe that just happened!] |
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| See 27-Across |
New York Times |
07 Apr 2016 |
| Alternative to a head slap |
New York Times |
23 Jan 2015 |
| Alternative to a head slap |
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| Nonverbal equivalent of "You have got to be kidding me!" |
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| Gesture of embarrassed disappointment |
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| Act of exasperation, in modern-day slang |
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