Uk people, is backhanded peace sign offensive?

or is chatgpt info outdated

1 Like

Means ā€˜f*ck off’ over here yeah

5 Likes

I always give the backhanded peace sign…never occurred to me that it was improper.

2 Likes

usually you curl you fingers a little and thrust upwards to make the point

1 Like

in america i see it all the time from rock and hippies and surfers all the way to rap and street culture and never thinking anything of it, but learned in UK its not quite same meaning

1 Like

It’s the British equivalent to the middle finger?

3 Likes

In the UK - Its Offensive. But in the 1940’s Churchill used it all the time in WW2. I think the gesture has just got perverted somehow now.

3 Likes

Yes it is

15151515115

2 Likes

We have the middle finger too. Like @Naarai says, the v sign was a good thing in WW2

I actually only realised it wasn’t used in most other countries

2 Likes

In Canada everyone says ā€œHave a Good Oneā€.

To me it sounds like I am being encouraged to have a good bowel movement…can’t stand this expression.

2 Likes

There was a rumour the v sign originated in the old French v English wars. The English had far superior archers armed with Welsh longbows.

The rumour was the French cut the bow fingers off captured archers but not sure that is true

4 Likes

ā€œHope you have a big oneā€ @Patrick

4 Likes

That’s what I heard. So the archers would put up their two fingers as an f you to the enemy like come and get them.

3 Likes

Yep totally what I heard too

2 Likes

just don’t put your tongue in-between the Vicky or you’re in trouble
(for a woman) you can imagine what that means lol

1 Like

pretty sure it means the c word

Left 4 Dead 2’s cover, which featured this hand sign, was censored in the UK iirc.

1 Like

Hmm…if I wave at a guy who has no arms, would that be considered to be showing off?

2 Likes

I’m pretty sure that back-handing someone with a peace sign is definitely offensive.

1 Like

If he has no arms and no legs and he’s laying on your doorstep his name is Matt.
If he’s hanging on your wall his name is Art.
If he’s floating in the ocean his name is Bob.
If he’s laying in a pile of leaves his name is Russell.

3 Likes

Let’s just say that it’d be nice if you stopped waving your gizmo at me and tucked it back in your pants.

1 Like