Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 13:48:02 -0400

From: Robert Ness ness[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]DICKINSON.EDU

Subject: Re: pop one's fingers -Reply



A friend of mine, African-American, reports that "finger popping" means

that one is going out for the evening, as in "Are you going out

fingerpopping tonite?" No specific activity is referred to, though dancing

is a common meaning. My friend was born in St. Louis, to parents from

Alabama and Kentucky. She says that she has heard and used the expression

most of her life.