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Perhaps under an inobvious name that isn't found easily with the search engine?

Doing Her Nails -- A female character turns all her apparent attention to filing her nails as a way of expressing disdain or boredom with her current company or situation.

Argh. There was another I wanted to inquire about, but now I can't remember it. -- Looney Toons (talk) 19:25, 6 December 2013 (UTC)

Not to my knowledge. Also, since it's a gender neutral trope (males can pantomime the nail filing motion to express the same emotion), I'd suggest the name: Filing Their Nails if you want to create the trope. GethN7 (talk) 19:34, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
I'll put it on my list (which is already a dozen-plus entries long). -- Looney Toons (talk) 19:56, 6 December 2013 (UTC)