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Idioms and Puns
Mouth Morphemes
100

The pizza is thin.

What is "PIZZA CL:G (show pizza thinness while using mouth morpheme "OOO")"?

100

FUN

What is "fs-FUN while moving hand in a circular motion away from the body"?

100

KANGAROO

What is "Both hands in the bent B handshape, palms face downward, hands are in front of the torso and bounce up and down slightly"?

100
This is an ASL pun for the word "nickname".

What is "NECK+NAME"?

100

A small book

What is "OOO"?

200

Your cat is fat!

What is "YOUR CAT CL:claw 5 (show size/shape of cat)?

200

JOB

What is "fs-J twist hand up so that palm faces toward signer and fs-B"?

200
COOK

What is "Non dominant hand in the open B handshape palm up, arm held horizontally. Dominant hand in the open B handshape, palm down. The palm of the dominant hand taps the palm of the non dominant hand and then flips over and taps again"?

200
This is an ASL pun for the word "microwave".

What is "Dominant hand in the I handshape, curls down and back up a few times"?

200

a large drink

What is "CHA"?

300

I don't have any money. I'm broke!

What is "MONEY ME HAVE NONE. ME BROKE"?

300

VEGETABLE

What is "fs-VEG"?

300

DOCTOR

What is "Wrist of the non-dominant hand is facing upward, while the dominant hand in bent open B or D handshape has tips of the fingers tap the wrist two times"?

300

This is an ASL pun for "pasteurized milk".

What is "Sign MILK and move it across in front of your eyes, from your dominant side to your ND side"?

300

Casually walking

What is "MMM"?

400

The pen fell off the table.

What is "CL:1 "pen" CL: open B "table" (show pen falling off the table)?

400
HAHA

What is "fs-HAHA with palm facing toward body signing an open H into an A - all facing the body"?

400

WICKED/EVIL

What is "Both hands in bent 3 handshapes are at both sides of the head. The fingers bend up and down two times"?

400

This is an ASL idiom that means, "Been there, done that".

What is "TOUCH-FINISH" or "FINISH-TOUCH"?

400

Painting sloppily

What is "TH"?

500

Humpty Dumpty fell off the wall, his egg broke open and the yolk went everywhere!

What is "fs-HUMPTY DUMPTY CL:S, WALL CL:open B (show humpty on wall, fall down, egg crack open and yolk run)"?

500
WHAT

What is "fs-W (or modified W) with palm facing foward, turn hand inward toward body and fs-T"?

500

BABYSITTER

What is "BABY CARE PERSON"?


500
This ASL idiom means, "You missed the boat".

What is "TRAIN-GONE"?

500

Something happening very close in space or time: "We need to go RIGHT NOW!"

What is "CS (clenched teeth)"?

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