2007-02-20 15:01:39 · 24 answers · asked by i miss my home country china 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
what does screw you mean? too
2007-02-20 15:05:37 · update #1
i'm from china so this is most likely stupid to you american's,and what it mean i don't know but screw you cb450t!
2007-02-20 15:10:14 · update #2
It's a rude gesture that means "**** You" or "Screw You."
2007-02-20 15:03:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore [soldiers would] be incapable of fighting in the future. This famous weapon was made of the native English yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as "plucking the yew." Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French, saying, "See, we can still pluck yew!"
Over the years some "folk etymologies" have grown up around this symbolic gesture. Since "pluck yew" is rather difficult to say, like "pheasant mother plucker," which is who you had to go to for the feathers used on the arrows for the longbow, the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodental fricative "f," and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger salute are mistakenly thought to have something to do with an intimate encounter. It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows that the gesture is known as "giving the bird."
2007-02-20 15:07:13 · answer #2 · answered by dragonwing 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There used to be two parts to the gesture. Middle finger of one hand in and out of the circled fingers of the other hand, indicated what some consider a rude act of procreation.
2007-02-20 15:06:52 · answer #3 · answered by T C 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In western society giving someone the middle finger means to raise one's middle finger and no others. This is considered an insult in most western circles
2007-02-20 15:05:03 · answer #4 · answered by 404 not found 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It is intended as an insult. Never mind the specific details.
2007-02-20 15:09:43 · answer #5 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Flip them off. Just don't litteraly cut your middle finger off and give it to them, that would be bad.
2007-02-20 15:04:19 · answer #6 · answered by Cartman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means you will lose a finger and need a replacement.
In American pantomime slang it's considered quite repulsive - essentially saying "phuck u".
2007-02-20 15:06:17 · answer #7 · answered by wigginsray 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It is generally meant to resemble male genitalia. It means phuck you. Not in an amorous way.
By the way, I'm giving you the finger right now.
2007-02-20 15:04:26 · answer #8 · answered by Nationalist 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
It's an insult. Like saying F*ck you.
2007-02-20 15:04:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
It means go f u c k your self .
2007-02-20 15:06:25 · answer #10 · answered by Demetrios 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋