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"The most recent wave of popularity is based on a picture of Patrick Stewart from ""Star Trek: The Next Generation"" being frustrated. There is no concrete origin as this gesture appeared in cultures before ""The Next Generation"" and is even present in chimpanzees and other animals."

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