bvpraveen  +  87449 Wed, 06 Apr 05 05:08 PM Friends, When and what does "thumps-up" sign refer to? According to me, we use it to mean : 1) Best of Luck. 2) Got it (Success). I couldn't understand it's usage in this sentence. Context : "Giving a THUMPS-UP sign to stem cell research works...." Praveen. bvpraveen Joined on Sat, Mar 5 2005 Coimbatore, India Regular Member 507 Please feel free to correct my grammatical mistakes.

	AnneC  +  87453 Wed, 06 Apr 05 05:15 PM I think it means that stem cell research is approved of, that it is allowed to continue and maybe that it is seen as a good thing as well. AnneC Joined on Fri, Apr 1 2005 New Member 39

	pieanne  +  87455 Wed, 06 Apr 05 05:17 PM A "thumbs-up" sign sometimes mean to okay something, to agree to something being done(along with the meanings you wrote). So, in your example, it means whoever agreed to/okayed stem cell research works pieanne Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005 South of France ...But I'm Belgian! Veteran Member 7,517 I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...

	julielai  +  87456 Wed, 06 Apr 05 05:19 PM You mean "thumbs up"? I use it when I want to say something is great. Definitely a sign of approval e.g. The movie gets two thumbs up from me. Just my 2 cents. julielai Joined on Sun, Oct 24 2004 Senior Member 3,826 Just another blogger (http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/julie-lai)