The dulya (Дуля) or fig sign.

The dulya (Belarusian: дуля; Czech: fík; Hungarian: fityisz, füge; Macedonian: шипка; Polish: figa; Russian: кукиш, шиш, дуля, фига, фиг; Slovene: fig; Slovak: figa; Serbian: шипак; Turkish: Nah; Ukrainian: дуля), or the fig sign, is a mildly obscene gesture used in Turkish and Slavic culture and some other cultures that uses two fingers and a thumb, but not equal to the finger in Anglo-American culture.

This gesture is most commonly used to refuse giving of aid or to disagree with the target of gesture. Usually it is connected with requests for a financial loan or assistance with performing physical work. It's especially popular with small children.

Another use of this gesture is for warding off evil eye, jealousy, etc.

Recently, it has also become a common term in Padonkaffsky jargon to refer to Control-Alt-Delete. Svitlana Pyrkalo, a producer at the BBC World Ukrainian Service, explained that "you need three fingers to press the buttons. So it's like telling somebody (a computer in this case) to get lost."^[1]

The letter "T" in the American manual alphabet is identical to this gesture.

International nomenclature [link]

• In Italy, this sign (known as "fica", or "cunt gesture", for the resemblance to female genitalia) was a common and very rude gesture in past centuries, similar to the finger, but has long since fallen out of use. Notably, a remnant of its usage is found in Dante's Divine Comedy (Inferno, Canto XXV).

• In Macedonia, this gesture is known as шипка ("rose hip") and this is the expression that often accompanies the gesture: на, шипки!, literally meaning "here's some rose hips!" and figuratively "no way!".

• In Greece and particularly in the Ionian Islands this gesture is still used as an alternative to the moutza.

• In many parts of the Anglosphere, this gesture is used in the popular children's game I've got your nose

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