# I'm making "The Shocker" hand gesture. Do you know what this looks like? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 22, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700 "2011-11-22T01:06:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/21 "2011-11-23T16:04:00Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > Pffft that’s nothing, doing a minivan is where it’s at! > > two in the front, five in the back Giggling uncontrollably over here… ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/22 "2011-11-23T17:29:14Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > I didn’t know what it was, and I still don’t. And I’m pretty sure I don’t care. +1 ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/23 "2011-11-23T17:32:31Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Yes, I know, and IMO it’s all drunken frat boys who never ever deserve to be allowed near a woman again. :rolleyes: It’s a stupid, vulgar gesture. It’s vulgar in that it’s sexual but I don’t see how it’s misogynist. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/24 "2011-11-23T18:04:58Z")
Alas, when I got bored of my slow, pedestrian, daily driver, I upgraded to a Subaru Impreza STi…as a 40 something adult, I’ve become embarrasingly aware that it’s the rallying cry of Subie fans everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/25 "2011-11-23T19:24:51Z")
> [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > Alas, when I got bored of my slow, pedestrian, daily driver, I upgraded to a Subaru Impreza STi…as a 40 something adult, I’ve become embarrasingly aware that it’s the rallying cry of Subie fans everywhere. Either I’m more clueless about the sexual jargon of today’s youth than I thought, or this is in the wrong forum. I really hope it’s the latter. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/26 "2011-11-23T19:39:47Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > Either I’m more clueless about the sexual jargon of today’s youth than I thought, or this is in the wrong forum. I really hope it’s the latter. For your sake, never go to [UrbanDictionary.com](http://UrbanDictionary.com) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/27 "2011-11-23T20:25:33Z")
Whenever I hear about the shocker or see it’s gesture I always hear, “Two in the pink, one in the stink” in the voice of W.C. Fields and it makes me giggle. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/28 "2011-11-23T21:28:04Z")
> [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > For your sake, never go to [UrbanDictionary.com](http://UrbanDictionary.com) I never do. That’s why I’m clueless about modern slang. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/29 "2011-11-23T22:26:12Z")
I’m mostly aware of it from the Steel Panther song of that name. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/30 "2011-11-23T23:24:03Z")
Yes, I’ve known what the gesture means for years, though I don’t remember where I first saw it. It seems juvenile to me, because it seems to imply that anything sexual involving the butt is a big deal somehow. Which it isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/31 "2011-11-24T19:11:28Z")
I giggled at the minivan. Almost choked on my sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700/32 "2011-11-25T04:01:29Z")
> [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](#): > > I giggled at the minivan. Almost choked on my sandwich. That’s known as the “Mama Cass.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-the-shocker-hand-gesture-do-you-know-what-this-looks-like/603700.md?page=1)