fingerpointy

See also: finger pointy and finger-pointy

English

Etymology

From fingerpoint +‎ -y.

Adjective

fingerpointy (comparative more fingerpointy, superlative most fingerpointy)

  1. Alternative form of finger-pointy.
    • 2009 September 3, Paul Scott, “Tickets and milestones”, in chisimba-dev‎[1] (Google Groups), archived from the original on 17 July 2025:
      When adding a ticket, please take note of the milestone dropdown! Not everything that needs to be fixed should go to the framework-x.x.x milestone. (I know that things get fixed there, but ja, lets try keep cool) Case in point (not getting fingerpointy or anything, so please no offense meant!) is ticket #3547...
    • 2010 July 29, John Allspaw, “Facebook's engineering blog”, in Agile System Administration‎[2] (Google Groups), archived from the original on 17 July 2025:
      p.s. devops can't really ever have a 'manifesto' that would be any more detailed than "Communicate and collaborate, and don't be fingerpointy." :)
    • 2013 April 23, Jen Sincero, “Millions of Mirrors”, in You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life, Philadelphia, Pa.: Running Press, →ISBN, part 4 (How to Get Over Your B.S. Already), page 179:
      When you find yourself dealing with someone who irritates you (and you find yourself getting gossipy, fingerpointy, judgy, complainey), rising up and confronting the situation can do a hell of a lot more than just making your life more pleasant in the long run; it can help you heal and grow and get out of victim mode.
    • 2013 November 5, ScottW, “OT: Unhappy Vikings players call out coaches”, in alt.sports.football.pro.sd-chargers‎[3] (Usenet), archived from the original on 17 July 2025:
      Maybe you missed Weddle's post game interview. He talked at length at how the D expected the offense to win the game and struggled getting their heads into the overtime. Sounded a little fingerpointy to me...even though the D still sucks way too much to criticize.
    • 2022 August 25, Sally Jo Sorensen, “Triple down bad analogy news digest: Jensen stands by his metaphor”, in Bluestem Prairie: News from Greater Minnesota and South Dakota‎[4], [Hutchinson, Minn.]: [Sally Jo Sorenson], →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 August 2022:
      Bluestem would hope that with his track record of awful analogies, he might be a little less fingerpointy.
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