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Vulcan salute
Hand gesture popularized by Star Trek
The Vulcan salute is a hand gesture popularized by the s television series Star Trek.
It consists of a raised hand with the palm forward and the thumb extended, while the fingers are parted between the middle and ring finger. The gesture was devised by Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy as a salute for the alien Vulcan species, and is popular within the Science fiction fandom and nerd culture.
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The blessing phrase "live long and prosper" (written by Theodore Sturgeon) is frequently spoken alongside it.
Background
The Vulcan "salute" was devised by Leonard Nimoy, who portrayed the half Vulcan character Mr.
Spock on the original Star Trek television series. A New York Times interview described the gesture as a "double-fingered version of Churchill'svictory sign". Nimoy said in that interview that he "decided that the Vulcans were a "hand-oriented" people".[1]
The greeting first appeared in on the Star Tre