Pinched fingers

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Pinched fingers is a polysemious hand gesture, mainly associated with Italian gesticulation. It is meant to express disbelief at what the other person is saying or doing, and/or to ridicule their opinions. There is no single codified term to identify this gesture in Italian, as it is variously described as mano a borsa (fingertip purse or purse hand), mano a tulipano (finger tulip), or mano a pigna (finger pinecone). In English, it is sometimes referred as Che vuoi? (Italian pronunciation: [ke vˈvwɔi]; transl. "what do you want?"), ma che vuoi?, ma che dici?,ma che stai dicendo? ("what are you talking about?"), or simply che? ("what?").

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