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sign of a thumbs up or more like a compressed thumb and if he was slayed they would give a sign of thumbs down like they were stabbing him with a sword. This type of hand gesture has evolved over the years and we now use it in America as positive and negative signs when something is good or bad. Body gestures and hand gestures have been used all over the world to communicate with out using words instead of shouting across a sports field during a game or a room so no one knows what you and the other person is talking about. These gestures can represent secretes for example on sports teams using hand signals to send messages to the players to be kept as a secrete from the opposing team. These gestures are being used to confuse the other team

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