Yearly Archives: 2016

People give a flip about getting the finger because…

How and why did the finger between the ‘ring finger’ and the ‘pointer finger’ come to mean an offensive gesture? TG27574, City : Springfield, State : IL, Country : United States, 10512 Replies: I think it has to do with the phallic imagery and the implied violence in the upward motion. If you turn that hand upside-down, it looks like a …

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