The finger
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title:
The finger
text:
In Western culture, "the finger", or the middle finger 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". It is performed by showing the back of a hand that has only the middle finger extended upwards, though in some locales, the thumb is extended. Extending the finger is considered a symbol of contempt in several cultures, especially in the Western
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Obscene hand gesture
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_finger
date created:
2003-02-26T18:23:58Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T11:07:37Z
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