hand waving
See also: handwaving and hand-waving
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hand waving (plural hand wavings)
- (idiomatic) Discussion or argumentation involving approximation, vagueness, educated guessing, or the attempt to explain or excuse vagaries.
- The sales pitch sounded good, but there was a lot of hand waving about the price.
- 2000 August 21, “letter”, in Time:
- Protesters who demand that this brilliantly humane enterprise be stopped should have their motives questioned. Their protest is nothing but the mindless hand waving of Luddites.
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argumentation involving approximation
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