raspal'tsovka

[John Dunn]

The definition provided by Mokienko and Nikitina in their Bol'shok slovar' russkogo zhargona (Norint, SPb, 2001, p. 503) deserves to be quoted in full:

Распальцовка – Специфическая жестикуляция членов криминальных структур и преуспевающих бизнесменов
[Raspal'covka – Specificheskaja zhestikuljacija chlenov kriminal^nyx struktur i preuspevajushchix biznesmenov]

A linguistic-legal analysis of the word, provided by the Gil'dija lingvistov-ekspertov and containing a full explanation of its usage, can be found at:  

http://www.rusexpert.ru/magazine/021.htm
(about two-thirds of the way down a very long page)

John Dunn.



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From: Seelangs <raul_macdiarmid at WEB.DE>
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Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:33:41 -0400
Subject: [SEELANGS] raspal'tsovka

Can anyone explain the usage of the word "raspal'tsovka"


RM

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