awkward turtle
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English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/When_in_an_awkward_conversation_or_situation_just_make_an_awkward_turtle.jpg/220px-When_in_an_awkward_conversation_or_situation_just_make_an_awkward_turtle.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From the resemblance to a turtle. The gesture seems to have been borrowed from Auslan sign language.
Noun
[edit]awkward turtle (plural awkward turtles)
References
[edit]- Tony Thorne (2014) “awkward turtle”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London, […]: Bloomsbury