5@Chest-ThumbBack Wiggle

American Sign Language

Etymology

Apparently a modification of 5@Sternum-FingerUp Contact (“fine”).

Production

• This one-handed ASL sign is produced as follows:

  1. 

     Posture the dominant hand in the “5” handshape on the chest.

  2. 

     Wiggle the fingers of the dominant hand.

Adjective

(ASL gloss: COOL)

1. (informal, of a person or item) cool; excellent; fashionable; hip