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AuthenticSpace

Help explain a gesture to me.

Okay, so I've always wondered what this gesture means specifically. I gather it's some kind of "fuck you" but no more than that. It's the gesture Sophia does in S2 episode 18. Rose talks about a road rage incident and Sophia told her she should have used a "well placed gesture"

Sophia has also done a similar gesture in that episode where she's talking about Momma Celeste's pizza and basically flips off the frozen pizza in the fridge.

So can anyone translate what these mean?

Thanks!

Posted May 27, 2022, 11:35 PM UTC

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Talkin_bout_diamonds•

The Sophia gesture at the table in S2E18 when she is talking to Rose is a combination of 3 well known Italian gestures:

  1. The hand flip up the chin - this roughly translates to "I don't care"
  2. The biting hand - this roughly translates to "I'll kill you"
  3. The hand slap on the forearm - this roughly translates to "fuck you"

Source: am Italian.

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AuthenticSpaceOP•

Well placed gestures indeed. Thanks for the info!

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DynastyFan85•

This deserved an award!

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Talkin_bout_diamonds•

Oh wow. Wasn't expecting that. Thank you so much! ❤

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NachtSorcierGo to sleep sweetheart. Pray for brains.•

The hand from the chin thing is basically the same as giving the finger in the west, while in Italy it's more like, "I don't give a rat's ass about you or what you're telling me" or "Go to hell." The second gesture is basically "bite me," and the hand on the arm thing is "up yours."

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AuthenticSpaceOP•

Thank you!

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Green_Goat_5770•

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt6oDUfnjas are you talking about this? also if you read the comments, someone explains what they mean.

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