Floppy-wristed

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Making or involving a flopping motion with the wrist(s).

    "Sarah waved one hand at us in this floppy-wristed way, like she was dismissing us from her royal throne room."

  2. 2
    Stereotypically gay; flamboyant. derogatory, usually

    "The stigma is the problem for those who don't want to come out of the closet, because they'll be labelled as the floppy wristed pansies that everybody thinks they should be."

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"Sarah waved one hand at us in this floppy-wristed way, like she was dismissing us from her royal throne room."

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