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Is there a name for when someone places an arm across your back and rests their hand on your far shoulder? It's probably blatantly obvious, but I can't remember if it has a name. (I'm not referring to someone putting their arm around both of your shoulders, which tends to be more of a sideways hug.)
Thanks
Dirk
Just describe it, Dirk. Perhaps referring to '...in a gesture of xxxxxx'
...when someone places an arm across your back and rests their hand on your far shoulder?
Can't visualize much more than a hug
Maybe the opening move to a judo throw?
A move to force someone to turn in a direction the subject does not desire?
I think it's called reaching across your back and resting their hand on your far shoulder, but I could be wrong.
Side hug
A man and woman demonstrate a side hug
A side hug is a display of affection in which a person hugs another by putting one arm around their shoulders, rather than both arms around them.[1] This can be useful for example when posing for a photograph, or if an ordinary hug for some reason is considered too intimate for the situation.[2][3]
Got this from Wikipedia so take it with a grain of salt.
I googled side hugs and it's different than what I have in mind. Imagine two people standing side-by-side to be photographed. One of them places his arm across the other person's shoulder, resting his hand next to the other person's neck. t's a friendly act, but not intimate. I'll see if I can find a picture.
This is similar to what I'm trying to describe, only with just two people. Most notably, the woman who is third from the right has her arm loosely dangling over the right shoulder of the guy in yellow. As I mentioned above, it's friendly but not really intimate.
https://studenthut.com/articles/10-type … y-have-uni
draped an arm over her shoulder.
half-hug/half-hugged
Thank you, Ann. That's probably as close as I can get.
Thank you, all.
Dirk
If you don't mind being a bit abstract with your description, the Gemini zodiac symbol does the trick. Sort of.
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