used as an acceptable international greeting of a person whos name is unknown to you or one of which you have forgotten Or, more commonly, used as a patronizing, condescending remark toward someone you disagree with, in lieu of marshalling a persuasive counterargument. Shit, now that I've written it, it sounds good enough, sounds accurate enough, for me to send it into the urban dictionary. https://www.democraticunderground.com/emoticons/clap.gif