Phrases/words that set your teeth on edge.

[Serial_Apologist]

You mean Gloria in the egg shell suit dayglo - no!

No, the Gloria in Egg shell sis was the one I was thinking of!

[cloughie]

No, the Gloria in Egg shell sis was the one I was thinking of!

Hallelujah, bro!

[LMcD]

... that is indeed elegant.

My favourite French crossword clue : "Un vieux avec du neuf" (11)

[ ... no eggs were harmed in making this clue. ]

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N*N*G*N*I*E?
Very good old chap!

[Serial_Apologist]

Jazz hands.

This morning was the very first time I'd heard this expression. I've never seen them in all my years of going to jazz gigs.

[kernelbogey]

Jazz hands.

This morning was the very first time I'd heard this expression. I've never seen them in all my years of going to jazz gigs.

It (they) comes from musical theatre, no?

[french frank]

Jazz hands.

This morning was the very first time I'd heard this expression. I've never seen them in all my years of going to jazz gigs.

Seems to have more to do with dance than jazz itself?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_hands

[muzzer]

And in musical theatre is where they should stay ;)

[Bryn]

Seems to have more to do with dance than jazz itself?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_hands

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-manchester-45720654/demonstration-of-how-to-applaud-in-british-sign-language

[cloughie]

Jazz hands.

This morning was the very first time I'd heard this expression. I've never seen them in all my years of going to jazz gigs.

No connection with Django Reinhardt then!

[Lat-Literal]

It comes up from time to time in comedy things, possibly mostly American, and from what I have seen it is often a self statement on something someone has just done or said. It can be accompanied by a vocal "da-da" or "tra-da" or something along those lines. A sardonic "wasn't I smart or clever-clever, even a little obnoxiously so?", especially in a retort or a response to another's statement. "Consequently I should be on the stage for that "performance" and receiving applause". For some reason, The Big Bang Theory is in my mind when I write this but I wouldn't be very surprised if it had been in the likes of Friends. I would say that the leaning in the association is ever so slightly camp, irrespective of the gender of the person involved. It is also probably a reference back to Jolson et al. Jazz as a word is quite slangy more broadly for moving hands but I don't think it is necessary to go into greater detail here.

[zola]

Instagram influencer

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45735861

[teamsaint]

Instagram influencer

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45735861

Influencer is rather irritating, but also irritatingly useful in business.

[french frank]

... from what I have seen it is often a self statement on something someone has just done or said. It can be accompanied by a vocal "da-da" or "tra-da" or something along those lines.

This is the Oxford Learner Dictionaries explanation - assuming the spelling variation describes the same thing as you. British English, apparently:

ta-da exclamation
(also ta-dah)

an expression that is meant to sound like a fanfare (= a short piece of music played to celebrate somebody/something important) So I took the test and ta-da! I passed first time!

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/ta-da

[vinteuil]

Instagram influencer

.... I never aspired to being an influencer. But sometimes I quite like the idea of being a disruptor. Which, I gather, is even more on trend...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disruptive_innovation

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[Serial_Apologist]

Seems to have more to do with dance than jazz itself?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_hands

I was just thinking that if they called them rock hands, they would be referring to roadies, which jazz people are mostly too poor to be able to afford!