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    The V sign is a hand gesture in which the index and middle fingers are raised and parted to make a V shape while the other fingers are clenched. It has...
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    Peace symbols (redirect from Peace sign)
    lithograph by Pablo Picasso after World War II. In the 1950s the "peace sign", as it is known today (also known as "peace and love"), was designed by...
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    astrology, astrological signs are the twelve 30-degree sectors that make up Earth's 360-degree orbit around the Sun. The signs enumerate from the first...
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  • Sign of the V was an anti-war song for American singer-songwriter Bobby Bloom. It was a hit for him in 1969. "Sign of the V" backed with "Heidi" was released...
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  • The at sign, @, is an accounting and invoice abbreviation meaning "at a rate of" (e.g. 7 widgets @ £2 per widget = £14), now seen more widely in email...
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    natural sign bears a causal relation to its object—for instance, thunder is a sign of storm, or medical symptoms a sign of disease. A conventional sign signifies...
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    Sign languages (also known as signed languages) are languages that use the visual-manual modality to convey meaning, instead of spoken words. Sign languages...
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    List of gestures (redirect from Cuckoo sign)
    outwards. This sign began to be used during World War II to indicate "V for Victory". In the 1960s, the hippie-movement began to use the V-sign to mean "peace"...
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  • Commonwealth of Nations countries (except Canada),[citation needed] the V sign as an insult (the middle and index fingers raised, and given with back of...
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    Dermatomyositis (redirect from Gottron sign)
    or "V-sign" above the breasts and may also occur on the face, upper arms, thighs, or hands. Another form the rash takes is called Gottron's sign which...
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  • Taunting (section V sign)
    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...
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    (either by itself, or along with the index finger in the United Kingdom: see V sign) is an offensive and obscene gesture, widely recognized as a form of insult...
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    Hollywood Sign is an American landmark and cultural icon overlooking Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Originally the Hollywoodland Sign, it is situated...
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    controversial: in 1971 he was disciplined (overturned on appeal) after he gave a "V sign" to the judges following a near-perfect round which won him the British...
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    of gestures including a nod, a pointed finger, palm-out V sign, palm-in fingers-down V sign, or an actual raised-hand wave. Motorcyclists may use specialized...
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    Traffic signs or road signs are signs erected at the side of or above roads to give instructions or provide information to road users. The earliest signs were...
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    communication Obscene gesture OK (gesture) Shaka sign Shocker (gesture) Sign of the Horns V sign or "the fingers" Wanker Kipfer, Barbara Ann; Chapman, Robert L...
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    Storm-V (Russian: Шторм-V, romanized: Shtorm-V) is a series of penal military units established by a law which was signed by Russian President Vladimir...
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    Thumb signal (redirect from Thumbs-up sign)
    one".[citation needed] High officials in the Chinese government see it as a sign of respect.[citation needed] During World War II, pilots on US aircraft carriers...
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  • Peace Sign or peace symbol is the internationally recognized symbol for peace. Peace Sign may also refer to: V sign, commonly called the peace sign Peace...
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  • The euro sign (€) is the currency sign used for the euro, the official currency of the eurozone and adopted, although not required to, by Kosovo and Montenegro...
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  • 15, 2011. In the original series, the title refers to the "V for Victory" sign. In the 1983 V miniseries, a group of children are shown spray painting generic...
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    A stop sign is a traffic sign designed to notify drivers that they must come to a complete stop and make sure the intersection is safely clear of vehicles...
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    for "bull") is the second astrological sign in the modern zodiac. It spans from 30° to 60° of the zodiac. This sign belongs to the Earth element or triplicity...
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    for "twins") is the third astrological sign in the zodiac. Under the tropical zodiac, the sun transits this sign between about May 21 to June 21. Gemini...
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  • Gowers's sign is a medical sign that indicates weakness of the proximal muscles, namely those of the lower limb. The sign describes a patient that has...
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  • Look up V, v, -v, v-, or v. in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. V, or v, is the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet. V may also refer to: V, a character...
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  • Markle's sign, or jar tenderness, is a clinical sign in which pain in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen is elicited by the heel-drop test (dropping...
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    Καρκίνος, romanized: Karkínos, Latin for the "Crab") is the fourth astrological sign in the zodiac, originating from the constellation of Cancer. It spans from...
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  • The plus–minus sign, ±, is a symbol with multiple meanings: In mathematics, it generally indicates a choice of exactly two possible values, one of which...
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