With your palm facing forward, this hand gesture is easily understood by Americans as a peace sign ... but pointing at objects simply indicates something you’re referring to, a thing you ...

The backward peace sign can be easily misconstrued overseas. A hand gesture of peace is common in the US, but if you make this sign with your palm facing you outside the US, it could be considered ...

In France, meanwhile, press the thumb against the fingertips in an upturned hand and it indicates ... the V sign also became, rather ironically, a symbol of peace.

Will his fans miss the irony? Ozzy's a peace-sign kind of guy. It was his Black Sabbath replacement, the late Ronnie James Dio, who started making the hand-horns on stage circa 1979. With that ...

The truth is, hand gestures have always been complicated. From the ancient Roman thumbs-up to the modern mystery of Gen Z’s sideways peace sign/head-tilt, our hands have been doing a lot of ...