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The middle finger in the US and some other countries is a well known and commonly used (amongst some) obscene gesture meant as a pro-verb meant to silently replace the verb-like, action phrase, “GO FORNICATE YOURSELF!!” It is synonymous to placing the thumb between the middle and the ring finger in some countries.
This is likely due to physiology. Most people can cross the middle over index, or rather the index under the middle. Many can also cross the ring finger over the pinky. Some may be able to cross the middle and ring fingers. The middle and ring fingers are generally the longest fingers and thus have a greater ability to cross others.
There are two possible meanings of a prominent "O" in the middle of a brand name. Most of the examples in the original post are following a pattern for combining Latin and Greek roots into words. For example, "cryolite", "dinosaur", and "automatic".
It's not just the fast finger movement (often index finger, as well as middle), but how the speed is achieved: by pressing hard against some restraining force (such as the thumb, or the table in the video), and then removing it (e.g. by releasing the thumb, or lifting above the table surface) so that the finger moves a a very high speed for a ...
American Heritage Dictionary "finger-pointing" The act of blaming someone for something; the imputation of blame. Putting together the two definitions, the sentence "cue the Democratic finger-pointing" imitates an instruction in a play or screenplay, and it means "Let the assignment of blame begin."
Add a comment. 1. No, there is no metaphoric meaning here. "Catharic" means spiritually cleansing or purging. Referring to the text snippet given, one might say than when he was not participating in the hustle and bustle on Christmas Day, he was surprised to find calm and inner peace, when he had expected sadness and loneliness.
1. I’ve never actually heard a name for it. Broadly speaking, I would just call this a kind of salute, and, specifically, a two-finger salute. Wikipedia has an entry for this: The two-finger salute is a salute given using only the middle and index fingers, while bending the other fingers at the second knuckle, and with the palm facing the signer.
Pointing a finger at someone may indeed be rude. Pointing a finger to someone is usually not rude at all. The reason is that these imply different contexts. Pointing at someone is an aggressive gesture often indicating accusation. The prosecutor pointed at the defendant as she addressed the jury.
It seems to me according to Longman dictionary it means previous; however, in Oxford Dictionary it means a predicted assumption. – CroCo. Jan 3, 2014 at 4:32. 1. If you combine both explanations, you can say any a priori knowledge of location means any knowledge of location based on previously known facts or experiences. – JayHook.
Danger is my middle name. meaning the speaker is familiar with danger and is not afraid of it, and is often spoken by the hero of the show. The expression is also often used for comic effect in movies, where a character makes a statement 'X is my middle name', before failing at X completely, which I suspect might be the case here.