Italosphere 🇮🇹🪐

spreading Italian culture one 🤌🏻 at a time

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Fun fact: it became an official emoji in 2020 thanks to an Italian living in California who got tired of not being able to express himself properly in chats.

So…
Have you ever received this gesture from an Italian?
Or have you tried using it yourself?

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Depending on speed, facial expression and how aggressively you shake it, the Italian gesture 🤌🏻 can mean:

• mild confusion
• pure exasperation
• “please explain yourself”
• “I can’t believe what I’m hearing

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Later, in the crowded, multilingual streets of Naples, it became the perfect tool when words weren’t enough.

Today it mostly means:
“What do you want?”
“What are you even saying?”
“Are you serious right now?”

One gesture. Infinite possibilities 🤌🏻

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The most Italian emoji in the world 🤌🏻 didn’t come from a meme.

Its roots go back over 2,000 years.

Scholars have found almost identical hand positions on ancient Greek vases and Roman frescoes from Pompeii.
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#italianculture #italiangestures #italianlanguage

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This little guy 🤌🏻 is basically the unofficial Italian flag.

Stay tuned and we will explore where it really comes from (spoiler: it’s older than you think).

In the meantime… have you ever used it? Or has an Italian used it on you? 👀

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@alexeixbt I agree

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@theamelia__ 4,6,7,8 and 10

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@ick_real Music, especially ambient

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@anxietymsgs The gym

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@wwbobacom Nah

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@lady_valor_07 70s

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@chefsevenn It’s called conchiglie 🐚😌

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@AVGirl4Life I hope so

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@mrmikeMTL I wish I had the balls to do it

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@lady_valor_07 The system

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@Matt_Pinner Anywhere in south europe is fantastic

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@anxietymsgs If you���re Italian and you stop eating pasta every you will notice

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@theamelia__ I would!

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@anxietymsgs I don’t believe in removing but only in adding