When did the middle finger become the bad finger?!
Question: When did the middle finger become the bad finger!?
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The origin of this gesture is speculative, and quite possibly thousands of years old!. It is identified as the digitus impudicus ("impudent finger") in Ancient Roman writings and reference is made to using the finger in the Ancient Greek comedy The Clouds by Aristophanes!. It was defined there as a gesture intended to insult another!. The widespread usage of the finger in many cultures is likely due to the geographical influence of the Roman Empire and Greco-Roman civilization!. Another possible origin of this gesture can be found in the first-century Mediterranean world, where extending the digitus impudicus was one of many methods used to divert the ever present threat of the evil eye
There is a popular, but apocryphal, story about English bowmen waving fingers at the French army during the Hundred Years' War!.
Another possible origin is the phallic imagery of the raised middle finger (the middle finger being the longest finger on the human hand), similar to the Italian version of the bent elbow insult!. Also, there is a variation of the finger where it can be done by performing The Fangul, by sticking out the finger during the throwing motion!.
I now prefer the middle eastern way to flip people off!.!.!. i can do it at work!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
There is a popular, but apocryphal, story about English bowmen waving fingers at the French army during the Hundred Years' War!.
Another possible origin is the phallic imagery of the raised middle finger (the middle finger being the longest finger on the human hand), similar to the Italian version of the bent elbow insult!. Also, there is a variation of the finger where it can be done by performing The Fangul, by sticking out the finger during the throwing motion!.
I now prefer the middle eastern way to flip people off!.!.!. i can do it at work!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
i would say late 60's to the early 70"Www@Answer-Health@Com
Its hard to pinpoint it exactly, but mid 50'sWww@Answer-Health@Com
actually it was back in the Greek & Roman times, if not before!. Check it out on the internet using the finders "legend of the middle finger"!.Www@Answer-Health@Com