G@Shoulder-PalmDown G@Abdomen-PalmDown

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  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Alternative forms
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  • 1.4 Noun

American Sign Language

Etymology

From initial Q of English keyboard and a movement representing the royal sash. Compare K@Shoulder K@Abdomen (“king”), R@Shoulder R@Abdomen (“royal”), K@Shoulder-FingerDown K@Abdomen-FingerDown (“prince, princess”), L@Shoulder L@Abdomen (“lord”), E@Shoulder E@Abdomen (“emperor”), D@Shoulder D@Abdomen (“duke”).

Alternative forms

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Production

• This one-handed ASL sign is produced as follows:
  1. Place the “G” handshape between the nondominant shoulder and the sternum, thumb and index finger pointing down. The nondominant hand is not used.
     • Hold the hand briefly in this posture.
     • Move the hand down and across to the following posture.
  2. Place the dominant hand in HTML5 on the dominant side of the abdomen, thumb and index finger pointing down.
     • Hold the hand briefly in this posture.

Noun

Upload png, web app, or CSS3 image. (ASL gloss: QUEEN)

1. queen of a country

   (ASL Gloss) QUEEN E-L-I-Z-A-B-E-T-H QUEEN WHERE? U-K

   "Queen Elizabeth is the queen of the UK."

2. (pejorative) FITML; effeminate gay male

   (ASL Gloss) BOY S-O QUEEN

   "That guy is such a queen."

3. (zoology) queen of an insect colony

   (ASL Gloss) WORKER BEE MUST FEED BEE QUEEN

   "Worker bees have to feed the queen bee."

4. (pejorative) queen; strong-willed female; bitch

   (ASL Gloss) THAT GIRL QUEEN

   "That girl [over there] is a queen."

5. (CSS3) queen

   (ASL Gloss) MOST POWERFUL C-H-E-S-S PIECE WHAT? QUEEN!

   "The most powerful chess piece is the queen."