2006-12-10 11:15:40 · 13 answers · asked by ghggj g 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
not to be slanderous but i think it means F*** You!!!
2006-12-10 11:17:33 · answer #1 · answered by delvkm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The middle finger means F*** you. The reason it is so offensive is that it resembles a penis. That is an old tradition of imitating genitalia with the fingers to make obscene gestures. Compare that to the "fig" made by inserting the thumb between the fingers in a fist. That is an archaic obscene gesture, the Renaissance equivalent of the middle finger. It is offensive because it resembes the female vulva.
2006-12-10 11:26:27 · answer #2 · answered by archangel2923 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means you have five fingers with the middle being the third
2006-12-10 11:18:12 · answer #3 · answered by snaggles 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Pluck Yew" is what the English bow-men shouted as they raised their longbows made of Yew and shot them at the Normans. They used the middle finger.
2006-12-10 11:19:14 · answer #4 · answered by soxrcat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I also believe that among archers in old england it was a threat to cut off the enemy's finger, leaving him unable to shoot.
2006-12-10 11:24:10 · answer #5 · answered by The man in the back 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the American culture, raising the middle finger only (a.k.a. flipping the bird) means "Go F--- yourself!"
2006-12-10 11:17:49 · answer #6 · answered by HearKat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've always understood it as shorthand for "Shove it up your ***!"
The finger is what would go up the ***.
That's why you'll sometimes hear people say "Sit and spin" when they're giving someone the finger.
2006-12-10 11:18:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
f*** you !! very bad, and if you are in Germany its both middle and ring finger.
2006-12-10 11:23:41 · answer #8 · answered by egymoni 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats what i want to know hes great now thats what i call an artistic comedian
2006-12-10 11:17:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
means F*** you.
2006-12-10 11:17:40 · answer #10 · answered by Buck D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋