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A Gallery of 'Hover Hands'

Related: awkward, Funny, hover hands, Living, nerds, Sex and Dating

By Cory Jones Jun 28, 2012

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    A hover hand occurs when someone (usually an awkward male) is having a picture taken with someone whom they're not totally confident about touching (like, say, an attractive female), so they put their arm around the other person and just let their hand hover right over the other person's shoulder or waist. The awkwardness is documented forever in photograph form to give us all douche chills. Here are some of our favorite examples.

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    The "these girls are too hot" hover hand.

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    The classic.

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    The "wow, she is half naked" hover hand.

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    The "this is Kate Upton" hover hand.

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    The "Is this what it's like to be the real Burger King?" hover hand.

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    The "I've never touched a girl" hover hand.

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    The "this railing is making me hover hand" hover hand.

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    The "I'm awkward all the time" hover hand.

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    The "I'm not as cool as my hat makes me out to be" hover hand.

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    The "I'm afraid a bouncer will kick me out of here if I touch these girls" hover hand.

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    The "I don't actually like this girl" hover hand.

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    The "McLovin'" hover hand.

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    The "I have no idea what a girl is" hover hand.

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    The "please take the picture so I can make this awkwardness stop" hover hand.

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    The "her legs are wrapped around me, yet I still don't feel comfortable touching her back" hover hand.

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    The "I'm done touching greasy nerds today" hover hand.

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    The double hover hand.

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    The "I am fat" hover hand.

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Though I don't deny that there are some seriously uncomfortable nerds out there, the hover hand photograph could just be an unfortunately timed photograph. A hover hand video clip showing no hand contact throughout the picture taking moment would be the only "hover hand" evidence.

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