English Explanatory Dictionary

awkward turtle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An informal gesture used to indicate that a moment or situation is awkward.

Word forms

awkward turtle awkward turtles

Etymology

From the resemblance to a turtle. The gesture seems to have been borrowed from Auslan sign language.

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