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The flick of a finger that decided your romance, your purchase, and your attention span.
means To move a finger across a touchscreen to scroll, dismiss, or choose — or, older still, to steal something.
from Likely from a dialect blend of sweep and wipe, meaning a sweeping blow; the touchscreen sense arrived with smartphones in the late 2000s and conquered dating by 2012.
Theft senseOlder slang for stealing predates phones by a century.
Dating verbTinder turned a gesture into a worldwide ritual.
Card cousinSwiping plastic gave the screen gesture its rhythm.