The Pinched Fingers Emoji’s Creator Explains Its Meaning

<p>Ata journalism conference a few years ago, Jennifer 8. Lee, vice-chair of the Unicode Emoji Subcommittee, was intrigued by a hand gesture her friend kept making. Adriano Farano, an Italian media entrepreneur deep in discussion about limoncello, kept pinching his fingers together and moving his hand up and down.</p> <p>He explained to Lee that it means &ldquo;What do you want?&rdquo; in English &mdash; &ldquo;<em>Ma che vu&ograve;</em>?&rdquo; in Italian. It&rsquo;s one of the most common hand gestures that Italians make when communicating nonverbally, according to Farano.</p> <p><a href="https://onezero.medium.com/the-pinched-fingers-emojis-creator-explains-its-meaning-88631a6619b"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>