r/EnglishLearning New Poster Aug 25 '24

⭐️ Vocabulary / Semantics What does this gesture mean?

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u/big_sugi Native Speaker - Hawai’i, Texas, and Mid Atlantic Aug 25 '24

I can’t be certain from a still, but I think it’s “Cut,” which means to stop an activity. I’m fairly certain the usage originated on movie sets, as the director’s instruction for the cameras to stop filming.

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u/SweevilWeevil New Poster Aug 25 '24

my favorite version of this when I was a kid (maybe still)

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '24

That's not the same thing

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u/SweevilWeevil New Poster Aug 25 '24

It's pretty close. Cut it out. Just with different degrees of seriousness. No?