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Feb 6, 2012 · While the middle finger may historically have symbolised a phallus, it has lost that distinctive meaning and is no longer even obscene, says ...
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Mar 11, 2021 · It's probably just because a clenched fist with the middle finger extended looks vaguely like a cock and balls and implies "go fuck yourself" in ...
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Apr 30, 2019 · A pair of experiments asks this question for the Middle-Finger, a cross-culturally recognized obscene gesture. The prevailing view is that the ...
Dec 13, 2011 · The middle finger is one of our species' oldest and most ubiquitous insulting gestures. But why is waving one of your fingers offensive?
Jan 22, 2024 · The middle finger originated as a phallic gesture · 'Flipping the bird' is perhaps even more offensive today.
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The gesture communicates moderate to extreme contempt, and is roughly equivalent in meaning to "fuck you", "fuck me", "shove it up your ass/arse", "up yours", ...
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May 14, 2020 · A widely shared image on social media purportedly explains the historic origins of the “middle finger”, considered an offensive gesture in ...
Slang. an obscene gesture of contempt made by pointing this finger upward while folding the other fingers against the palm; the finger: finger ( def 18 ).