Open8@Palm-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp Open8@InsideChesthigh-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp

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• This two-handed ASL sign is produced as follows:
  1. Posture the nondominant hand in the “open B” handshape in front of the center of the chest, nondominant palm facing up. Posture the dominant hand in the “open 8” handshape with the dominant hand at the palm of the nondominant hand, dominant palm facing down.
  2. Move the dominant hand across the nondominant palm toward the dominant side of the body to the following posture while holding the nondominant hand still.
  3. Posture the nondominant hand in the “open B” handshape in front of the center of the chest, nondominant palm facing up. Posture the dominant hand in the “open 8” handshape about half arm’s length in front of the dominant side of the chest, dominant palm facing down.

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1. rude; impolite

• (rude): Curved5@Palm-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp Curved5@InsideChesthigh-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterChesthigh-PalmUp (“rough”)

• (antonym(s) of “rude”): 5@Sternum-PalmAcross CircleMidline 5@CenterChesthigh-PalmAcross (“polite”)