Slang help - Deuces


Olde Hornet

Olde Hornet

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I was watching one of the funniest shows on TV - Who your baby daddy (Maury) - and this woman told her man Deuces - I had no clue what that meant - so I did my Internet search and found this:

deuce - later, goodbye. derived from peace, or peace out, as in throwing two fingers up when leaving.

Whats the origin of this? Deuce meant two to me (its derived from French). Whats the association now? I dont get the connection between deuce and the meaning above.
 
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Remember the two fingers up to say goodbye? My dad used to do it. Now you just say "deuces" to represent the 2 fingers.
 

I remember growing up, whenever we were playing some kind of game, we used to use that "deuces" sign to signify "time out" instead of the "T" with both hands.
 
Actually, the "peace out" was the phrase I'm most familiar with. It was later shortened to "peace". We used to flash the "peace sign" to my homies across the room at a house party due to the music level...so that makes the most sense to me.
 
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