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OK - thumbs up
Canon EOS 6D - f/5.6 - 1/250sec - 105mm - ISO 100
- Simple Definition of thumbs–up:
a gesture in which you hold your hand out with your thumb pointed up in order to say yes, to show approval, etc.
- The thumbs up signal has a generally positive connotation in English-speaking countries. However, its perceived meaning varies significantly from culture to culture.
- The sign has a pejorative meaning in parts of West Africa, the Middle East, parts of South America and Greece according to Roger E. Axtell's book 'Gestures: The Do's and Taboos of Body Language Around the World'.
This seemingly universal gesture is understood there as:
I'm going to jam my thumb in your a.us!"
- The Latin phrase 'pollice verso' is used in the context of gladiatorial combat for a hand gesture used by Ancient Roman crowds to pass judgment on a defeated gladiator. However, the precise type of gesture described by the phrase pollice verso and its meaning are unclear in the historical and literary record.
In modern popular culture, it is assumed that "thumbs down" was the signal that a defeated gladiator should be condemned to death; "thumbs up", that he should be spared.
OK - thumbs up
Canon EOS 6D - f/5.6 - 1/250sec - 105mm - ISO 100
- Simple Definition of thumbs–up:
a gesture in which you hold your hand out with your thumb pointed up in order to say yes, to show approval, etc.
- The thumbs up signal has a generally positive connotation in English-speaking countries. However, its perceived meaning varies significantly from culture to culture.
- The sign has a pejorative meaning in parts of West Africa, the Middle East, parts of South America and Greece according to Roger E. Axtell's book 'Gestures: The Do's and Taboos of Body Language Around the World'.
This seemingly universal gesture is understood there as:
I'm going to jam my thumb in your a.us!"
- The Latin phrase 'pollice verso' is used in the context of gladiatorial combat for a hand gesture used by Ancient Roman crowds to pass judgment on a defeated gladiator. However, the precise type of gesture described by the phrase pollice verso and its meaning are unclear in the historical and literary record.
In modern popular culture, it is assumed that "thumbs down" was the signal that a defeated gladiator should be condemned to death; "thumbs up", that he should be spared.