facts verse presents rude hand gestures
from around the world number one the
southpaw handshake Malaysia in all parts
of the world people shake hands with
their right hand it's just the way it's
done in some parts of the world like
Malaysia shaking hands with the left
hand is considered an insult in these
areas of the world if you want to shake
the hand to someone yet don't like use
your left hand it's a serious insult
number two Mina Freya Italy in English
the Italian phrase non me Freya
translates to I don't give a damn well
there's also a gesture that goes along
with the same but a person sweeps their
hand under their chin toward the other
person it's a silent way of saying that
you could care less it's also very blunt
number three
you suck [ __ ] global when a person holds
a fist to their mouth and then shake it
toward the other person it's a very
blunt way of telling them the face suck
to add insult to injury and even worse
word is added afterwards in all parts of
the world this hand gesture is extremely
insulting number four the wanker Britain
if a British person comes up to you with
a fist and they move it up and down
don't think that they want to be your
friend they're actually calling you a
Waker which is a major insult in Britain
if a British person does this when they
see you it's best to just walk away
their reason for approaching you
probably isn't a friendly one
number five thumbs up West Africa Greece
and Iran in the United States a thumbs
up is a gesture that you give somebody
when they did a good job in Iran Greece
in West Africa it is the exact opposite
of that in these parts of the world the
person is telling you that their thumb
is cold and that your bum would be a
great place to warm it up it's crazy how
some rude and gestures from around the
world are actually positive hand
gestures in other parts of the world
number six the V sign Ireland New
Zealand South Africa Australia and the
United Kingdom in many places around the
world when someone makes a V with their
hands it means victory many teammates
will look at each other and give each
other the V sign in other places around
the world a V doesn't mean victory it's
actually a declaration of war if you're
in Ireland New Zealand South Africa
Australia or the United Kingdom you
should avoid using the v hand gesture
unless you are ready for a fight number
seven the dog call the Philippines and
most Asian countries in the United
States and in various parts of the world
pointing your finger at yourself and
extending it up and down means that you
want that person to come to you if
you're in the Philippines and in most
other Asian countries you don't want to
use this hand gesture if you do you can
find yourself in a lot of trouble in
some cases you could wind up in jail
number eight the a okay France Belgium
Tunisia Turkey the Middle East Greece
Brazil Germany and South America in the
United States when a person holds their
hand out and they connect their index
finger and their thumb it's the a okay
sign it means a person that you're doing
it to has done a great job if you are in
certain parts of the world though you do
not want to use this gesture in many
parts of the world this gesture can mean
anything from calling someone gay
calling them a butthole telling them to
F themselves before you use this gesture
you should probably think about where
you are
number nine the corner Italy and Spain
in the United States when a person holds
up their pinky finger and their index
finger it means rock on in Spain and
Italy it means something completely
different this hand gesture is a way of
telling somebody that you're sleeping
with their wife if you're visiting Italy
or Spain you want to avoid using this
hand gesture unless of course you
actually are sleeping with their wife
and then please stop that's just wrong
number 10 that defeat that Chile if
you're in Chile and you make a fist with
a small hole and put your other hand in
front of it it's a sign that you're
telling a person they have a small penis
number 11 the fig sign China and India
if you're in China or India and you make
a fist but you put your thumb between
your index fingers and your middle
finger it's a huge insult and either
represents the female genitalia which is
pretty rude or it's a rude way of
dismissing a person's request number 12
be volcans salute this hand gesture is
rather silly if you create a V using
your index finger and middle finger
together and your ring finger and pinky
finger together you're making the Vulcan
salute and there's nothing wrong with
making this hand gesture
unless you're surrounded by Klingons
which probably is not gonna happen
number 13 Baird soles countries in the
Middle East in many cultures if you
point your bare foot at someone it's
considered an insult number 14 the
little finger wag the United States and
the United Kingdom in the US and the UK
if you go up to a man and show him your
pinky finger you're telling him that you
think he has a small penis how rude
number fifteen the middle finger global
this is the most widely known most
widely used hand gesture and somebody
sticks up their middle finger at you
they're telling you to f off if this is
a global hand gesture he needs the same
thing just about every part of the world
you can use the middle finger to insult
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