fingerpointy

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1. alternativeAlternative form of finger-pointy.

   Bluestem would hope that with his track record of awful analogies, he might be a little less fingerpointy.

   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, [Hutchinson, Minn.]: [Sally Jo Sorenson], →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2022

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   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...

   2009 September 3, Paul Scott, “Tickets and milestones”, in chisimba-dev (Google Groups), archived from the original on 17 Jul 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." :)

   2010 July 29, John Allspaw, “Facebook's engineering blog”, in Agile System Administration (Google Groups), archived from the original on 17 Jul 2025

   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 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

   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.

   2013 November 5, ScottW, “OT: Unhappy Vikings players call out coaches”, in alt.sports.football.pro.sd-chargers (Usenet), archived from the original on 17 Jul 2025