# What does this hand sign mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 28, 2006, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-hand-sign-mean/341931 "2006-01-28T00:32:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diamonds02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-hand-sign-mean/341931/1 "2006-01-28T00:32:40Z")
It’s the index and pinky fingers down, middle and ring fingers up, and the thumb extended. I’ve only seen 20something guys hold up this sign, so I assume it is something like “the shocker”. ---
**Author:** ![Agonist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@Agonist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agonist)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-hand-sign-mean/341931/2 "2006-01-28T00:41:48Z")
😕 I can’t even make my fingers do what you’re describing. Do you maybe mean index and pinkies _up_, middle and ring fingers _down_? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-hand-sign-mean/341931/3 "2006-01-28T00:44:36Z")
That hurts! For a moment I thought you meant “thumb holding ring finger down,” which means “Two in the pink, one in the stink.” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-hand-sign-mean/341931/4 "2006-01-28T00:44:47Z")
Sounds like the reverse devil horns, so I’m thinking it’s flashing a Jesus gang sign. Also, it’s the reverse “hook 'em horns” sign, so I would say it’s “go Aggies,” but they have this “gig 'em” sign thing. So I’m guessing it means you’re rooting for either Jesus or whoever’s playing University of Texas. ---
**Author:** ![Tevildo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Tevildo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tevildo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-hand-sign-mean/341931/5 "2006-01-28T00:44:59Z")
Hmm. In my day (some 20 years ago), we would have called that the “Voorish Sign” and assumed the signer was a fan of H P Lovecraft. As far as I know, it’s not explicitly described in Lovecraft’s works, but it does appear in “The Necronomicon” by Dave Langford et al. ---
**Author:** ![Diamonds02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-hand-sign-mean/341931/6 "2006-01-28T01:00:17Z")
Oh the irony… I was just fooling around on myspace…and I stumbled upon Dane Cook’s myspace page. Guess what I see? Dozens of pictures of people holding up that sign. And, it is not the “horns” nor the “shocker”. I guess this is something related to this comedian. I can do the sign. You just have to push the tips of the index and pinky fingers against the palm of your hand. Or just make a fist, and lift up the middle and ring fingers. ---
**Author:** ![Diamonds02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-hand-sign-mean/341931/7 "2006-01-28T01:05:34Z")
The super finger! > **[Dane Cook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dane_Cook)** > > Dane Jeffrey Cook (born March 18, 1972) is an American stand-up comedian and film actor. He has released six comedy albums: Harmful If Swallowed; Retaliation; Vicious Circle; Rough Around the Edges: Live from Madison Square Garden; and Isolated Incident. In 2006, Retaliation became the highest charting comedy album in 28 years and went platinum. He performed an HBO special in late 2006, Vicious Circle, a straight-to-DVD special titled Rough Around The Edges (which is included in the album of t ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-hand-sign-mean/341931/8 "2006-01-28T01:06:33Z")
Aha! A perusal of a Wikipedia [article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dane_Cook) on Dane Cook gives the answer! It’s the super finger or su fi. IT’s meant to be a snazzier “finger”. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-hand-sign-mean/341931/9 "2006-01-28T01:07:49Z")
Yup, the SuFi. When givin 'em one finger just isn’t enough.