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  2. Bras d'honneur - Wikipedia

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    Physical demonstration of the bras d'honneur gesture. Bras d'honneur (bras d'honneur; literally "arm of honor") is an obscene gesture used to express contempt.It is roughly equivalent in meaning to phrases like "fuck you" or "up yours", similar to the the finger gesture.

  3. List of gestures - Wikipedia

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    This gesture is often made with the two hands held at chest or head level, the elbows against the side, and the head bowed towards the hands. Quenelle: The gesture created by French comedian Dieudonné M'Bala M'Bala was often associated with anti-Zionism or antisemitic sentiments. It is compared to the bras d'honneur and the Nazi salute. It is ...

  4. Quenelle (gesture) - Wikipedia

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    Quenelle gesture. The quenelle (French pronunciation:) is a gesture created and popularized by French comedian Dieudonné M'bala M'bala.He first used it in 2005 in his sketch entitled "1905" about French secularism, and has used it since in a wide variety of contexts. [1]

  5. Hand-in-waistcoat - Wikipedia

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    The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries (1812), exhibiting the hand-in-waistcoat gesture. The hand-in-waistcoat (also referred to as hand-inside-vest, hand-in-jacket, hand-held-in, or hidden hand) is a gesture commonly found in portraiture during the 18th and 19th centuries. The pose appeared by the 1750s to indicate leadership in a ...

  6. Salute - Wikipedia

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    A captain of the French Navy salutes by holding the flat of his saber to his face during the ceremonies of the 14th of July in Toulon. When carrying a sword, still done on ceremonial occasions, European military forces and their cultural descendants use a two-step gesture. The sword is first raised, in the right hand, to the level of and close ...

  7. The finger - Wikipedia

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    In countries where Spanish, Portuguese or French are spoken, and especially in Spain, Portugal, Brazil and France, the gesture involving raising a fist and slapping the biceps on the same arm as the fist used, sometimes called the bras d'honneur (French), corte de mangas (Spanish), manguito (Portugal), dar uma banana (Brazil), or Iberian slap ...

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  9. Greeting - Wikipedia

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    The formal greeting may involve a verbal acknowledgment and sometimes a handshake, but beyond that, facial expression, gestures, body language, and eye contact can all signal what type of greeting is expected. [1] Gestures are the most obvious signal, for instance, greeting someone with open arms is generally a sign that a hug is expected. [2]