On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Rob Schnautz <bobthewikipedian(a)gmail.com> wrote:
And re: the Star Trek stuff, I think the most credit
we can give Star Trek
(if even this) is coining the phrase (if they in fact did). It's found
throughout common American culture predating Star Trek.
To not belabour the obvious, but the source claiming the Star Trek
connection is poor. Hearsay on a mailing list is even poorer. What is
needed is for someone to find some *real* sources about this (and
about hand-face body language in general).
Despite probably not being a reliable source, this (and the other
pages) are not bad:
http://www.indiabix.com/body-language/hand-to-face-gestures/
Certainly far better than Wikipedia's lamentable efforts on the topic.
Carcharoth