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鉁岋笍 Victory Hand emoji
[vik-tuh-ree hand ih-moj-jee]
黑料网 does 鉁岋笍 Victory Hand emoji mean?
The victory hand emoji, 鉁岋笍,聽is a representation of the peace sign. It can be used to express goodwill and “goodbye.” More crudely, it can tell someone off, like a middle finger, or, more sexily, it can represent female masturbation. When wrapped around text, it can simulate air quotes.
Where does 鉁岋笍 Victory Hand emoji come from?
The victory hand,听辞谤 V sign, has its origins in the WWII resistance to the Nazis. The Belgian BBC broadcaster Victor de Laveleye suggested in January 1941 that the victory sign鈥攎ade with index and middle finger spread and facing out, the remaining fingers held down with the thumb鈥攂ecome a symbol of unity and victory for the Allied forces, as the word for victory in French (victoire) and for freedom in Dutch (vrijheid) both started with letter V.
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The symbol took off, first in Belgium, the Netherlands, and England, and later throughout occupied Europe.聽Later, it came to be a general symbol for peace when it was adopted by Vietnam War protesters in the 1970s and has since become commonly called the peace sign gesture and recognized around the world.
The victory hand emoji is a digital representation of the victory hand. In 1993, the victory hand was added to Unicode 1.1, making it an old-school icon. In 2015, it was added to Unicode’s Emoji 1.0 set. The victory hand comes in a default yellow but skin-tone modifiers allow users to change its color.
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Examples of 鉁岋笍 Victory Hand emoji
Who uses 鉁岋笍 Victory Hand emoji?
The victory hand emoji is most often used to represent “peace” and all the sentiments of unity, harmony, and collective humanity that come with it.
Wishing everyone a beautiful evening…. 馃槝鉁岋笍 鉁煂婐煇煂答炼欚煂屸浀锔�
— Joan Wilder (@WilderJoan003)
As peace听补苍诲听peace out are slang ways to say “goodbye,” the victory hand emoji is ready to bid various farewells and make sundry sign-offs.
You can kiss that ball (and deficit) goodbye! 鉁岋笍
— Boston Red Sox (@RedSox)
My gaming/podcast/twitter friends are among the greatest I鈥檝e had in my life. Thank you guys for being Mega Awesome 鉁岋笍
— Adam Leonhardt (@theartofadaml)
Peace creates those good vibes, so the victory hand emoji can convey happiness or joy more generally.
Just chillin with the chicks at work. 鉁岋笍馃槑馃槅馃槀馃槣
— Cassie Rose (@GBarbie_RockFAM)
For a number of cultures, including the British, turning around a victory hand gesture makes an obscene gesture akin to the middle finger, saying “Up yours!” or “Fuck you!” Many Britons and others use the victory hand emoji for their sweary needs.
Well my car got totaled today so that鈥檚 fuckin great. Fuck the girl that cut me off and destroyed my car 鉁岋笍
— J2锔忊儯5锔忊儯 (@CallMeKing25)
The victory hand emoji also has its naughtier side. Some people use it to represent masturbating a woman (“fingering”). Others may use it to evoke cunnilingus or spread legs, implying “vagina” and “sex” more generally.
How Besigye waves the V sign ojoonee, hmm like he is fingering…
馃か鉁岋笍
— Le'Omiyo (@0MiY0)
Happy Valentines Day, Spread the love not your legs! 鉁岎煆伙笍馃槀馃挆
— Thyron Gragas (@iloveThyron)
When people want to show they are saying something ironically or calling out problematic word choices, they may do air quotes, which involves holding up both hands in victory signs and bending the fingers. The gesture is meant to imitate quotation marks. Wrapping text with two victory hand emoji simulates 鉁岋笍 air quotes 鉁岋笍聽in writing.
Trump calls alot of things鉁岋笍"fake news"鉁岋笍.. BULLSHIT that's just what the government wants to hide..
— Nick馃寵馃摽 (@nickrivera__)
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