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In Western culture, "the finger", or the middle finger (as in giving someone the (middle) finger, flipping the bird [1] or flipping someone off) [1] is an obscene hand gesture. The gesture communicates moderate to extreme contempt, and is roughly equivalent in meaning to " fuck you ", "shove it up your ass/arse ", "up yours", or "go fuck yourself".
A middle finger emoji, used in some western cultures as a rude or insulting gesture. The back of the hand is shown with the middle finger raised. Middle Finger was approved as part of Unicode 7.0 in 2014 under the name "Reversed Hand with Middle Finger Extended" and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015.
The middle finger, long finger, second finger, [1] [2] third finger, [3] toll finger or tall man is the third digit of the human hand, located between the index finger and the ring finger. It is typically the longest digit.
Naughty Grecians likely developed the phallic gesture around 2,500 years ago to offend each other. Here’s how the middle finger became the most obscene digit.
Political wisdom of the act aside, it turns out that raising the middle finger — flipping the bird, as it's commonly known — has a surprisingly complex history.
An account purporting to offer the historical origins of the obscene middle-finger extended hand gesture (varously known as "flipping the bird," "flipping someone off," or the "one-finger...
While throwing up a middle finger today clearly communicates a resounding “f**k you,” in classical society, historians say a middle finger was more of a ribald sexual reference.
The meaning of MIDDLE FINGER is the midmost of the five digits of the hand.
MIDDLE FINGER definition: 1. the longest finger on the hand: 2. a sign that is considered rude, made by holding the hand up…. Learn more.
We’ve all done it in moments of anger. But why do we use our middle finger to express anger? And why do we call it “the bird.”. Suggestions range from The Battle of Agincourt in 1415 to Ancient Rome. We find out the history everyone’s favorite one-finger salute in this episode.