During World War II, Western Europe fell and many people went into exile in Britain. At that time, a Belgian named Victor Delavelli broadcasted short waves from Britain to Belgium every day, calling on his compatriots to rise up against the German occupation forces. One night after 1940, he called on people to write "V" everywhere on the radio to show their firm confidence in the final victory. Within a few days, the word "V" appeared everywhere in buildings in Brussels, Belgium and other cities, on the walls of streets, trunks and telephone poles, in theaters, and even in barracks, sentries and Nazi officers' houses heavily guarded by the German army. This word "V", which was regarded as an ominous thing, made the German fascist occupation army feel uneasy.
Later, the word "V" spread like wildfire and was introduced to occupied European countries. Because the form is simple and clear, it spread quickly. When friends meet, they stretch out their forefinger and middle finger and put out a "V" instead of all other greetings. Expressing one's wishes in this wordless way became a fashion at that time. British Prime Minister Churchill liked this gesture so much that the word "V" became more famous. In the dining room, the knives and forks on the table are arranged in a V shape, and the clock in the watch shop is also 1 1: 05. When this trend spread to the United States, women wore artificial gem's V-shaped brooches in succession, which became a fashion.
More than half a century has passed since the Second World War, but the word "V" is so deeply rooted in people's hearts and loved by people that it has been passed down to this day. In addition to the meaning of victory, the word "V" has its specific meaning in some countries: for example, in Dutch, "V" stands for "freedom"; It means "heroism" in Serbian. However, it is the hippie culture and hippies that originated in the 1950s and prevailed in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s that made this gesture really spread around the world. The slogan of hippies is: love and peace. In the 1960s and 1970s, there were wars all over the world. Hippies are against war. They often raise the V-shaped gesture in front of the camera at various gatherings, but they shout: Peace! Although in the 1980s, with the end of the Cold War, most wars around the world ended and hippies gradually disappeared, the meaning of hippies themselves was to express their personality and reject traditional habits through weird costumes and strange living habits, and this spirit was passed down from generation to generation by young people, so the iconic V-shaped gesture was also passed down from generation to generation. Of course, there are also famous rock songs handed down from ancient times. Therefore, in the future, when foreigners ask about the meaning of the V-shaped gesture, you can say that it is victory, peace and more fashionable. Just please don't say anything stupid. That is, when the representative takes a photo, he says: Hey!
Stretch out the index finger and middle finger: In most European countries, people often stretch out the index finger and middle finger of their right hand in daily communication and make a "V" gesture to indicate "victory". "V" is the first letter of the English word victory. Legend has it that the V-shaped gesture was invented by a Belgian named Victor Delavelli during the Second World War. In the radio address at the end of 1940, he called on his compatriots to rise up against the German aggressors and mobilized people to write the word "V" everywhere to show their confidence in victory. Since then, the "V" gesture has spread like wildfire. Especially when British Prime Minister Winston Churchill used this "V" gesture in a parade, it spread quickly and widely. However, when you make this gesture, you must remember that your palms are outward and your fingers are inward, especially in Britain, because in most European countries, making a "V" gesture with the back of your hand outward and the palm inward means making people "go away", while in Britain it means immoral things. In China, the symbol "V" stands for the number "2", "second" or "scissors". In African countries, "V" gesture generally means two or two things.
Other meaning with V-sign: In southern Europe, Italy, Portugal and Spain, people will secretly make a V-sign behind someone's head, saying, "His wife has cuckolded him!" . But when using this gesture in Greece, you must turn your finger back to the other party, otherwise it means insulting and belittling the other party. Because in Greece, V-shaped gestures generally represent people who regard each other as demons and evil.
A cuckold, as its name implies, is a green hat, which means to be worn by people. The implication is that a man's own woman has an affair with another man, so this man is cuckolded. Being cuckolded is a very disgraceful, shameful and humiliating thing. The "green hat" has been passed down from generation to generation for a long time. Although there are different opinions, they probably mean the same thing. Later, everyone called people who cheated on their men "cuckolders".