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Hand heart or peace sign? Which gesture embodies Olympics 2024?
From Snoop Dogg’s two fingers to Simone Biles’s sweet signal, TikTokers are debating the summer’s best symbol
“The hand heart is an effective way for athletes to show their affection to their fans and connect with them,” said the Australian linguist and podcaster Lauren Gawne. Despite plenty of appearances in Paris, via the double-medal-winning Indian shooter Manu Bhaker, the judokas Hifumi Abe of Japan and the Palestinian Fares Badawi, and, of course, Snoop, Zoomers view it as “cringe”, according to Richardson, because it is “associated with their parents and the Spice Girls”. Wikipedia lists 17 different political and social connotations for the V sign, from Argentina to Iran to the Philippines – and that’s not including the “up yours” version or its original intention, an emblem for allied victory in the second world war.
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