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According to CBS News, Simmons filed an application on June 16, 2017, with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a trademark on the hand gesture he regularly shows during concerts and public appearances—thumb, index, and pinky fingers extended, with the middle and ring fingers folded down (like the ILY sign meaning "I love you" in ...
The middle finger gesture was used in ancient times as a symbol of sexual intercourse, in a manner meant to degrade, intimidate, and threaten the individual receiving the gesture. [4] It also represented the phallus , with the fingers next to the middle finger representing testicles ; [ 5 ] from its close association, the gesture may have ...
Cossogam involves putting the fingers to the right or left of the shinbone for the first or second aicmi, and across it diagonally or straight for the third or fourth aicmi. One finger is used for the first letter, two for the second, and so on. Sronogam involves the same procedure with the ridge of the nose. Placing the finger straight across ...
The "shaka" sign. The shaka sign, sometimes known as "hang loose" is a gesture with friendly intent often associated with Hawaii and surf culture.It consists of extending the thumb and smallest finger while holding the three middle fingers curled, and gesturing in salutation while presenting the front or back of the hand; the wrist may be rotated back and forth for emphasis.
The commonality with the symbol's use from the 1940s was its meaning the "end of war". [5] In American Sign Language, the number 2 is signalled with two fingers raised and the palm towards the signer, the letter V with the palm away, [6] and the ordinal second with the sign palm forward before being turned until the palm faces backward. [7]
The thumb represents the "stolen" nose held between the player's index and middle finger. This innocent meaning may exist alongside the obscene one. [5] In Portugal, Brazil, and some places in Spain, such as Galicia and Asturias, it is a gesture of good luck, or even wishing good luck. It is also believed to ward off evil eye and protect ...
A hanging hamsa in Tunisia. The hamsa (Arabic: خمسة, romanized: khamsa, lit. 'five', referring to images of 'the five fingers of the hand'), [1] [2] [3] also known as the hand of Fatima, [4] is a palm-shaped amulet popular throughout North Africa and in the Middle East and commonly used in jewellery and wall hangings.
To cross one's fingers is a hand gesture commonly used to wish for luck. [ citation needed ] Early Christians used the gesture to implore the protection of the Holy Cross. [ 1 ] The gesture is referred to by the common expressions "cross your fingers", "keep your fingers crossed", or just "fingers crossed".