What does sticking out your middle finger really mean???

Question

I mean really... what does it really mean??? You know it's bad and everything but what message do you try to get accross with it???

Answer 1

It started in the middle ages when crossbowmen would have their index fingers cut off by enemy armies. They learned how to use their middle finger instead, and then they would lift it to show they still had one finger to kill the enemy with. Basically it was a way of saying "Haha, **** you, idiots." Today it means basically the same thing: "Forget you" (only a less polite F-word than forget)

Answer 2

Until now I don't know exactly what it means, but I can guess the person ,who shows his middle finger at you, is really mad at you. He wants to say very bad language to you.

Note that is body language only works in US. Some other countries use different finger with the same meaning.

Answer 3

A couple of good sites that explains some of the theories of it. http://www.ooze.com/finger/html/history.html & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_finger or search "Pluck Yew" interesting reading... The one about the English soldiers is: http://bardd.net/college/archive/stories/pluckyew.html

Answer 4

My, what a stupid question! The birdie is just a silent way to say fu because they are pissed off. People are dumb and just don't care when they curse at someone.

Answer 5

It means f*** you, but in birdie language.

Answer 6

........you're number one