Chin
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Flipping the fingers out from under the chin
A traditional Sicilian gesture analogous in meaning to the raised middle finger. This gesture became the center of a controversy in March of 2006, when Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia was photographed allegedly making the gesture to illustrate his response to his critics. Scalia later claimed that he used a different gesture, waving his fingers beneath his chin, a gesture translating to "I couldn't care less."
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