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breakfast

The traditional sign for this concept is a combination of "EAT and MORNING."
Many people have started signing an initialized form of EAT using a "B" handshape.  Those who still sign "EAT+MORNING" often label the initialized form of the sign as "Signed English."  My opinion is that while it might have started out as an "English" version of breakfast, it has been adopted by so many members of the deaf community that it should qualify as a bona fide ASL sign.  Time will tell. 

breakfast:


This initialized version uses a very small rotational motion.  Somewhat like eating a bowl of soup that you are holding a few inches away from your mouth.  I don't actually touch my lips or mouth while making this sign.  There is a variation of this sign that taps the chin and lips with the index finger side of the right "b-hand."


Sign: breakfast
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