In Britain, there is one such rude gesture that is often confused with the more benign peace sign, and Rick Steves warns that using it might "get you a punch in the nose," per his website.

Consequently, the sign of peace is not a simple polite gesture or a gesture of human love, but rather it expresses “the sincere desire to be reconciled among ourselves, to overcome all divisions ...

But it matters which way your palm is facing. With your palm facing forward, this hand gesture is easily understood by Americans as a peace sign. However, when the palm is facing you, some might ...

While we in the US might not think twice about throwing someone a thumbs-up, peace sign, or ‘okay’ sign here, these hand gestures can have very different meanings abroad — and can sometimes ...

The two-fingered gesture is now so common in East Asia that ... of saying ‘cheese,’” Miller said. Giving the peace sign might be the only thing that the buttoned-up Apple CEO has in ...

Ozzy's a peace-sign kind of guy. It was his Black Sabbath ... Surely the hordes of music fans, pop stars and actors seen making the gesture aren't all hailing Satan, are they?

Another said she always makes the peace sign in photos. But no one really knew the origin of the custom. Cultural anthropologist Nomura Masakazu explained the gesture in an article published in a ...