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A thumbs-up (left) and a thumbs-down (right) A thumb signal, usually described as a thumbs-up or thumbs-down, is a common hand gesture achieved by a closed fist held with the thumb extended upward or downward, respectively. The thumbs-up gesture is associated with positivity, approval, achievement, satisfaction and solidarity, while the thumbs ...
Both hands are held up, palms toward the congregation, with the fingers grouped in twos – the little and ring fingers together, the index and second fingers together, and the tips of the two thumbs touching. The golf clap, unlike applause, is a timid and practically silent clapping of the palms together, to silently approve of something. It ...
Buddy Christ. Buddy Christ is a parody religious icon created by filmmaker Kevin Smith, which first appeared in Smith's 1999 film Dogma. In the film, Buddy is part of a campaign (" Catholicism Wow!") to renew the image of (and interest in) the Catholic Church. Viewing the crucifix image as "wholly depressing", the Church of 1869, led by ...
Having a skeleton of phalanges, joined by hinge-like joints that provide flexion toward the palm of the hand. Having a dorsal surface that features hair and a nail, and a hairless palmar aspect with fingerprint ridges. The thumb contrasts with each of the other four fingers by being the only one that:
Brachydactyly type D, also known as short thumb, [3][1] stub thumb, [5][6] or clubbed thumb, [5][6] is a genetic trait clinically recognised by a thumb being relatively short and round with an accompanying wider nail bed. The distal phalanx of affected thumbs is approximately two-thirds the length of full-length thumbs.
Roger Joseph Ebert (/ ˈiːbərt / EE-burt; June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter, and author. He was a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. Ebert was known for his intimate, Midwestern writing style and critical views informed by ...
Two Thumbs Up (film) Two Thumbs Up. (film) Two Thumbs Up is a 2015 Hong Kong-Chinese action comedy film directed by first-time director Lau Ho-leung and starring Francis Ng, Simon Yam, Leo Ku, Patrick Tam, Mark Cheng, Christie Chen and Philip Keung.
The "two-fingered salute" (also "the forks" in Australia [11]) is commonly performed by flicking the V upwards from wrist or elbow. The V sign, when the palm is facing toward the person giving the sign, has long been an insulting gesture in the United Kingdom , and later in Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa . [ 2 ]