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What does this emoji mean? Is this a British thumbs up?
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This emoji has two meanings:
the "original" meaning is based on the "shaka sign" from Hawai'ian culture. It's often paired with the phrase "hang loose", which generally just means to relax, have a good time, etc.
When ~~mobile~~ telephones first started to become mainstream, they would have ~~an antenna that extended up and out of the phone chassis~~ a speaker and a receiver that you would speak directly into, so people picked up this gesture that mimicked the shape of a ~~cell~~ phone. Pressing it against your cheek with the pinky finger in front of your mouth and the thumb covering the opening of your ear would be accompanied by saying or mouthing "call me" was pretty universally understood and was one way to communicate the desire to speak on the phone from a distance where you could still visually see someone but shouting was ineffective or impractical.
edit: some people have clarified that the gesture predates cell phones, which makes sense.
This way predates cell phones. Handsets have been in use for... Nearly 100 years I think. Not sure exactly when the gesture caught on our it's origin.
I remember using the second definition in elementary school in the early 90s, before cell phones were on common use, long before they flipped open, and even before they had extendable antennas. I suppose they might have been a cordless landline, but I always assumed it was a corded phone. The "call me" message, then, wasn't about being able to see someone but not hear them except in very specific circumstances; instead, it was implied to mean "call me later." It could be used as a way of flirting, or it could be more platonic. I suppose it could also be used in a business setting, though I wasn't really old enough to know.