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In Western culture, "the finger", or the middle finger (as in giving someone the (middle) finger, flipping the bird or flipping someone off) also represented as "🖕" is an obscene hand gesture. The gesture communicates moderate to extreme contempt, and is roughly equivalent in meaning to "fuck you", "fuck me" , "shove it up your ass/arse ...
Many people who have seen the film question whether “giving the finger” was done around the time of the Titanic disaster, or was it a more recent gesture invented by some defiant seventh-grader. According to research, here’s the true story: Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed ...
The gesture is typically made with the hand and fingers curled and the thumb thrust between the middle and index fingers. This gesture is also used similarly in Indonesia, Turkey, Korea, China, Mongolia, Hungary (called "fityisz"), South Slavic countries (shipak/šipak) and Romania ("ciuciu").
Jan 22, 2024 · The middle finger has since become a frequently used emoji, an unintentional guest during a Super Bowl halftime show, a surprise live sign-off on the BBC and a crude gesture wielded by angry...
Sep 29, 1999 · David Mikkelson. The 'middle finger salute' is derived from the defiant gestures of English archers whose fingers had been severed by the French at the Battle of Agincourt.
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May 31, 2016 · In the U.S., it’s the middle finger that dominates as one of the most recognizable hand gestures, so it’s no surprise that the first known photograph of flipping the bird was taken in America.
Sep 11, 2013 · Last night, Anthony Weiner ended his disastrous run for mayor with a crude gesture at a reporter. Political wisdom of the act aside, it turns out that raising the middle finger — flipping the...
