# "There a good bit of waving"?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 20, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-a-good-bit-of-waving/725715 "2015-07-20T19:41:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-a-good-bit-of-waving/725715/1 "2015-07-20T19:41:57Z")

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A friend was talking about the movie Ant-man and said “It was pretty good. . . there’s a good bit of waving, but it wasn’t too bad.” My response was “What? Waving?”

You guys ever heard that phrase? I think it means overlooking plot holes or the suspension of disbelief or something like that.

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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-a-good-bit-of-waving/725715/2 "2015-07-20T19:44:03Z")

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I assume it’s short for “hand waving” or dismissing an issue. I’m never heard it shortened like that though although I’ve heard plenty of people use the phrase “hand wave”.