handwaver
handwaver · handwavers
Someone who engages in handwavingSomeone who engages in handwaving.: One who speaks or writes sweepingly, glossing over details, often including important details.
Meaning
2 sensesSomeone who engages in handwaving.
(uncommon)One who speaks or writes sweepingly, glossing over details, often including important details.
Take his predictions about our technological and business-development timelines with a grain of salt, because he's an inveterate handwaver.
(uncommon)One who raises their hand a lot.
A gifted pupil might sometimes need to be coached privately about avoiding presenting themself as a handwaver.
Origin
By surface analysis, handwave + -er, or, by surface analysis, hand + waver.By surface analysis, handwave + -er, or, by surface analysis, hand + waver.
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Forms
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