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at a glance

they are great purveyors of the thumbs-up, often with the little finger protruding, and accompanied by the phrase 'valeu', meaning cool - with a cheeky sense of humour and a penchant for light teasing, they are also avid fans of the universal sign for 'crazy', which sees the index finger making small circles by the side of the head.

another teasing gesture for a dim or foolish person, a nonsensical and rhetorical comment or question, is an imaginary ice cream cone smashed into the forehead - a fist gesture is made as if one is holding an ice cream cone, but the invisible motion of missing the mouth, while keeping it open, is made as the 'ice cream' cone is knocked against the head several times.

always ones for the spectacle, they are keen on snapping their index finger against their third finger and thumb, which makes an impressive sound and signals that something is extreme - fast, crazy or loads of it - the more moderate expression, 'more or less', gets its physical manifestation with the hand being tilted from side to side.  arrow-back     arrow-forward

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