Middle finger- the third, middle of five, finger on the human hand.
The middle finger is the longest on the hand. The tip of the middle finger is extreme point outstretched hand, so the middle finger is taken into account when determining some units of measurement related to anatomy (span, cubit, etc.)
In many cultures, showing the middle finger is a special obscene gesture, see middle finger (gesture).
When playing the piano, it is indicated by the number 3, on string instruments- number 2.
In Spanish, the middle finger is literally called "finger of the heart." In Hebrew, the name of the middle finger is the same as the name of the measure of length "cubit".
In some cultures, the middle finger indicates restriction. It is believed that the finger limits the skills that the other 4 fingers give.
Where did it come from showing the middle finger and sending everyone nah.
The middle finger, or fak (from the English fuck) is an indecent gesture, consisting in the fact that the middle finger rises up or forward, and the remaining four fingers are pressed against the palm. The middle finger, at the same time, acts as a phallic symbol. Sometimes thumb they do not press it to the palm, but set it aside, but the essence of the gesture does not change from this.
The gesture serves as a pure insult or a rude request to leave alone, “get rid of” (in particular, the middle finger is put to the camera lens, demanding to stop shooting). AT English speaking countries the verbal equivalent of this gesture is the swear word fuck you!
Mentions of an obscene gesture with a finger are already in antiquity, in Aristophanes in the comedy "Clouds" and among the Romans (Latin digitus impudicus). The French chronicler Jean Froissart writes that the British during Hundred Years War gave the French the middle finger. In 1976, US Vice President Nelson Rockefeller gave the middle finger to the whistling crowd.
The middle finger among football fans is known as the Effenberg gesture: German footballer Stefan Effenberg showed the middle finger to the fans in response to insults and whistles at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, after which he was expelled from the national team and played only two friendlies in it four years later . It is curious that in the homeland of a football player, in Germany, such a gesture (German: Stinkefinger) can officially be fined by law.
This gesture has a number of equivalents. For example, in Iran, an analogue of this gesture is a gesture with a clenched fist and a protruding thumb. It is still used in Italy in the sense of good or bad.
The gesture also has an analogue in Sri Lanka, which is performed by squeezing the palm turned up into a fist and sticking out the index finger up.
It is curious that in Great Britain and Ireland, the analogue is a modified gesture "victory", in which the index and middle fingers raised up form the letter V, the thumb, ring and little fingers are pressed against the palm, and the hand is turned back to the person to whom the gesture is addressed.
Existing urban legend claims that during the Hundred Years' War, the French cut off the middle and index fingers of captured English and Welsh archers. Thus, they could not use the bow to shoot at the French. After the battle of Agincourt, the victorious British showed the French their middle and index fingers, demonstrating that they were in place. According to another version of this legend, specified battle the French threatened to defeat the British, and they especially boasted of the crossbowmen as their main striking force (the crossbow trigger is pressed with the middle finger). After the French lost a battle, the British mockingly reminded them of their boast by showing them middle fingers. This legend also speaks of the appearance of the sign "Victory" ("Victory")
What does the index and middle fingers raised up mean?
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The first answer was good and correct, but it’s a pity that it’s not of high quality (there are no 200 characters), so no one is charged for the question.
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We most often see this gesture on our TV screens - it is shown by athletes or other participants in the competition (KVN, Voice, etc.) who have won the competition.
This is an international sign, understandable to all nations - V - Victoria or Victory.
By the way, for complete accuracy, I want to note that the second version of the previously given answer cannot be considered accurate, since the fingers to the throat (forks) cannot be considered fingers raised up (they are in a horizontal position).
Vladimir09854
The index and middle fingers, raised up, form, as it were, the Roman numeral five "V" or the letter English alphabet"V".
The letter V - means Victory, which in English means victory.
Surely you have seen when athletes win some competitions, they make such a gesture for spectators or television cameras.
On May 9, often, when a military parade is shown, joyful citizens wave their hands, making such gestures of victory.
And still I want to note one nuance. Some people, when they show such a gesture, mean the world. These are pacifists.
And I also want to draw attention to the fact that Jesus Christ is depicted with a similar gesture on many icons. I think that the pacifists learned this gesture from the icons with Jesus Christ. See for yourself.
Is it a similar gesture?
And now a picture for comparison.
And now a picture for a smile :)
What does the gesture of 2 fingers mean: index and middle?
What does such a gesture mean? Where did you go?
This gesture is truly international. Even people who do not speak English know this fun and perky word - victory!
I don't know when this gesture was first shown. But it is so successful and appropriate in a situation where a person is overwhelmed with delight and jubilation - Victory! I do not think that something more significant will be offered in the near future.
Marina Kurdyukova
AT various countries gestures can mean different things. This gesture means victory in most countries, but I don’t remember in which country it means, I want two girls of easy virtue. There was such an embarrassment with some American civil servant. He rode in a car and greeted the people in a foreign country, and the next morning the newspapers were full of headlines about the indecent behavior of the American ambassador.
Mirra mi
Those who watched the qualifying round of the TV project "Voice 4" this gesture - 2 fingers for index and middle, facing the palm outward - was used by Grigory Leps when he turned to the contestant. This gesture means victory, showing the letter V from the word victory.
This gesture denotes the letter V of the Latin alphabet, which begins the word "victory" in English language(Victory). Used in appropriate cases when a person wants to show that he has won. Shown palm forward. The same figure, but with the palm facing back, is used in our country to show the number "two". But in England, this gesture will be offended, as it is considered very indecent.
fox nasa
This gesture is customary to denote Victory, which in Latin spelling begins with the letter "V" from the word Victory - victory. It is also customary for monarchs to greet their subjects, their people with this gesture, which is also a kind of victory. BUT recent times also the gesture of the singing competition "Voice" in English version Voice. And another option is less popular designation of the Arabic numeral 11 or the Roman numeral II, i.e. 2.
Pro100th
If you dig around on the Internet, you can find the definition of this figure of two fingers, and basically it will mean victory.
But today's youth more often began to use it as a greeting and farewell, just like that, in photographs or when they can’t say, it’s not worth shouting, they show these two fingers with forked ones.
The gesture is called "Victoria" (victory hand) and means victory. The gesture is shown with two fingers (index and middle), the remaining fingers are bent, the hand is usually raised up.
A gesture common throughout the world. There is a version that it originates from the time of the Hundred Years War (XIV-XV century).
dolphinica
The gesture is very famous. signifies victory. Two fingers apart are very reminiscent of the letter V, which is Victoria. that is, victory. But many are interested in the gesture when the two fingers of the index and middle fingers are together, and not open.
I would just like to know about two fingers folded together, and not opened apart.
Asyushka
I heard that this is Victoria - victory. But I know not only about the victory, but also about the World (hippies seem to greet each other with this gesture and say goodbye).
Anyway, good gesture, which does not carry any negative.
In some countries, the gesture may not be decent, but I don’t know what I don’t know.
Stalonevich
Many people use this gesture in a completely different way, with a completely different meaning that this gesture was endowed with earlier. In fact, a gesture with two fingers would mean "Victoria", that is, it means "victory" in a different way.
1. Middle finger
Thanks to Hollywood, the exposed middle finger has become famous all over the world. At the same time, in no country does this gesture mean something positive or peaceful. The classical meaning of this phallic gesture is very harsh, and it means an abrupt end to the conversation and a wish for travel in a certain direction.
According to anthropologist Desmond Morris, the display of the middle finger, symbolizing the offensive display of the penis, is one of the most ancient gestures known to us. AT Ancient Greece pointing the middle finger at someone was considered a serious insult, as it meant an accusation of passive homosexuality.
In the comedy "Clouds" by Aristophanes, Socrates, undertaking to teach the sciences to an ordinary peasant Strepsiades, asks if he knows poetic size dactyl (literally "finger"), to which Strepsiades readily flashes his middle finger. The philosopher Diogenes said that “most people are only one finger away from insanity: if a person stretches out his middle finger, he will be considered crazy, and if he is index, they will not be considered.” They also told about him that “when visitors wanted to look at Demosthenes, he pointed to him with his middle finger with the words:“ Here is the ruler of the Athenian people.
In ancient Greece, pointing with the middle finger accused of homosexuality
In Rome, the gesture, and with it the middle finger itself, was called the "shameless finger." The gesture is mentioned by a number of Roman authors, for example, in one of the epigrams of Martial, an old man, proud of his health, shows the middle finger to the doctors.
2. Up or down thumb
A gesture using the thumb often demonstrates the attitude of a person to what he happened to see. Thumb up - "I like it!"; thumb down - "I don't like it."
This sign is often associated with the tradition of ancient Roman gladiator fights. French historian and archaeologist Jérôme Carcopino in his book Daily Life of Ancient Rome. Apogee of the Empire" noticed that when it seemed to the crowd that the vanquished defended himself with all his strength, the audience waved their handkerchiefs, raised their finger in the air and shouted: "Let him go!". If the emperor agreed with their wishes and raised his thumb up, the vanquished was forgiven and released from the arena alive. If the spectators, on the contrary, believed that the vanquished deserved defeat by his cowardice and unwillingness to continue the fight, they put their finger down and shouted: “Cut!”. Then the emperor, putting his thumb down, ordered the slaughter of the defeated gladiator, and he had no choice but to expose his throat for a "strike of mercy."
In Iran, a thumbs-up is a threat of violence
The raised thumb is interpreted differently in many countries. If in Germany it is peacefully neutral and means the number 1, then in Greece this gesture will be similar to the phrase “Fuck you!”. In Uruguay and Iran, a proudly raised thumb symbolizes the male sexual organ, and the gesture itself means the threat of sexual violence.
A sign in the form of a ring formed by the index and thumb was given to people by divers, who thus inform their partner that they are all right. There is also a version that this is an invention of journalists who sought to shorten the most common phrases.
However, in France, Portugal and some countries Latin America beloved by Americans and many Europeans, the “OK” gesture is perceived as indecent and symbolizes the anus. This can be felt especially acutely in Turkey, where a finger ring is an open accusation of homosexuality. But in Tunisia, this gesture can be interpreted as a threat to kill a person. In the United States and Russia, the OK gesture is perceived as normal, which cannot be said about Brazil, where it is considered very obscene.
In France, the “OK” gesture is a symbol of the anus.
We also note that the OK gesture has more than 2500 years of history. Among the ancient Greeks, he was a symbol of love, personifying kissing lips. It was also used to praise the speaker for his speech.
4. V (Victoria)
This is one of the most common gestures in the culture, meaning victory or peace. Shown with the index and middle fingers of the hand pointing up in the form latin letter"V".
The history of the origin of the Victoria gesture goes back to the Middle Ages. According to this version, during the Hundred Years War, the captured English and Welsh archers, who intimidated the French, were cut off precisely these two fingers on their right hand so that they could not use their bows in the future. The archers, knowing this, teased the French before the battle, showing them intact fingers - "Fear, enemies!".
During the Second World War, this sign was heavily popularized by Winston Churchill to indicate victory, but for this the hand is turned back to the one who shows it. If, with this gesture, the hand is turned with the palm towards the speaker, then the gesture acquires an offensive meaning - “shut up”.
During World War II, Churchill popularized the Victoria gesture.
Another meaning of this gesture is associated with the popular film "V for Vendetta", in which the sign V stands for the protagonist, an anarchist terrorist wearing a Guy Fawkes mask.
5. Sign of the Cross
In Christianity, this gesture denotes a prayer ceremony, which is an image of the cross with a movement of the hand. The sign of the Cross is performed in different occasions, for example, when entering and leaving the temple, before or after saying a prayer, during worship, as a sign of confession of one's faith and in other cases; also when blessing someone or something.
In Orthodoxy, the sign of the cross characterizes the bodily expression of Christian dogmas, the confession of faith in the Holy Trinity and the God-man Jesus Christ, the expression of love and gratitude to God, protection from the actions of dark forces. There are three variants of finger composition: two-finger, three-finger and nominative finger-composition.
So, the two-fingered was adopted along with the Baptism of Russia and prevailed until the reforms of Patriarch Nikon in the middle of the 17th century and was officially recognized in Moscow Russia Stoglav Cathedral 1550.
It was practiced before middle of the XIII century and Greek East. Later it was supplanted by tripartite. When making double fingers, two fingers right hand- index and middle - are connected together, symbolizing the two natures of the one Christ, while the middle finger turns out to be slightly bent, which means divine indulgence and incarnation. The three remaining fingers are also connected together, symbolizing the Holy Trinity; and in contemporary practice the end of the thumb rests on the pads of the other two, which cover it from above. After that, with the tips of two fingers (and only them) they sequentially touch the forehead, abdomen or lower part of the perseus (chest), right and left shoulder. It is also emphasized that one cannot be baptized at the same time as bowing; the bow, if required, should be done after the hand has been lowered.
Using the three fingers, to make the sign of the cross, the first three fingers of the right hand (thumb, index and middle) are folded, and the other two fingers are bent to the palm; after which they sequentially touch the forehead, upper abdomen, right shoulder, then the left. Three fingers put together symbolize the Holy Trinity; symbolic meaning two other fingers different time could be different. So, in Russia, under the influence of controversy with the Old Believers, these two fingers were rethought as a symbol of the two natures of Christ: Divine and human. This interpretation is now the most common, although there are others (for example, in the Romanian Church, these two fingers are interpreted as a symbol of Adam and Eve falling to the Trinity).
An Orthodox priest, blessing people or objects, folds his fingers into a special signet, called nominative. It is believed that the fingers folded in this way depict the letters ICXC to get the name Jesus Christ in ancient Greek spelling.
Catholic prayer books, speaking of the sign of the cross, usually cite only the prayer that is said at the same time (In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti), without saying anything about the combination of fingers. Even Catholic traditionalists, who are usually quite strict about the rite and its symbolism, admit the existence of various options. The most accepted and widespread option in the Catholic world is the sign of the cross with five fingers, open palm, from left to right, in memory of the five wounds on the body of Christ.
The middle finger, or fak (from the English fuck) is an indecent gesture, consisting in the fact that the middle finger rises up or forward, and the remaining four fingers are pressed against the palm. The middle finger, at the same time, acts as a phallic symbol. Sometimes the thumb is not pressed to the palm, but set aside, but the essence of the gesture does not change from this.
The gesture serves as a pure insult or a rude request to leave alone, “get rid of” (in particular, the middle finger is put to the camera lens, demanding to stop shooting). In English-speaking countries, the verbal equivalent of this gesture is the swear word fuck you!
Mentions of an obscene gesture with a finger are already in antiquity, in Aristophanes in the comedy "Clouds" and among the Romans (Latin digitus impudicus). The French chronicler Jean Froissart writes that the British gave the French the middle finger during the Hundred Years' War. In 1976, US Vice President Nelson Rockefeller gave the middle finger to the whistling crowd.
The middle finger among football fans is known as the Effenberg gesture: German footballer Stefan Effenberg showed the middle finger to the fans in response to insults and whistles at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, after which he was expelled from the national team and played only two friendlies in it four years later . It is curious that in the homeland of a football player, in Germany, such a gesture (German: Stinkefinger) can officially be fined by law.
This gesture has a number of equivalents. For example, in Iran, an analogue of this gesture is a gesture with a clenched fist and a protruding thumb. It is still used in Italy in the sense of good or bad.
The gesture also has an analogue in Sri Lanka, which is performed by squeezing the palm turned up into a fist and sticking out the index finger up.
It is curious that in Great Britain and Ireland, the analogue is a modified gesture "victory", in which the index and middle fingers raised up form the letter V, the thumb, ring and little fingers are pressed against the palm, and the hand is turned back to the person to whom the gesture is addressed.
An existing urban legend claims that during the Hundred Years' War, the French cut off the middle and index fingers of captured English and Welsh archers. Thus, they could not use the bow to shoot at the French. After the battle of Agincourt, the victorious British showed the French their middle and index fingers, demonstrating that they were in place. According to another version of this legend, before this battle, the French threatened to defeat the British, and they especially boasted of the crossbowmen as their main striking force (the crossbow trigger is pressed with the middle finger). After the French lost a battle, the British mockingly reminded them of their boast by showing them middle fingers. This legend also speaks of the appearance of the sign "Victory" ("Victory")
But I found another interesting version.
Imagine the following picture. A well-known intellectual resorts to a gesture familiar to everyone, thus expressing dissatisfaction with the statements of an idle politician. He shows the middle finger and declares: “This is a big demagogue!”
This story did not take place during a television talk show, and not in one of the salons in London or New York. It took place in Athens in the fourth century BC: thus, in the presentation of historians more late era the philosopher Diogenes, not embarrassed in expressions, described his attitude towards the orator Demosthenes.
It turns out that the middle finger, put forward with the rest of the fingers pressed to the palm, has been a symbol of insult and humiliation for more than two millennia.
The insulting gesture of “showing the middle finger” is one of the most ancient gestures on earth. It symbolizes the public display of the penis. Even in ancient Greece, this gesture was called "katapyugon" ("kata" - down, "pyugon" - ass) and meant an offer of anal sex.
AT Ancient Rome the middle finger was called the shameless or shameful finger. In the Middle Ages, they showed the middle finger, accusing someone of passive homosexuality.
The ancient Romans had a special name for this gesture: "digitus impudicus", that is, a shameless, obscene or insulting finger. The hero of one of the epigrams of the poet Martial, who lived in the first century AD, boasts good health and gives the three doctors an "indecent" middle finger. The ancient Roman historian Tacitus wrote that the warriors of the Germanic tribes showed the middle finger to the advancing Roman soldiers.
But even many centuries before, the Greeks used this gesture as direct indication on the male genitalia. The ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes wrote the comedy Clouds in 419 BC, in which one of the characters first gesticulates with his middle finger, and then with his genitals. The origin of the gesture is perhaps even more ancient: according to Morris, scientists know the habits of South American squirrel monkeys, which gesticulate with excited genitals.
According to the anthropologist, the obscene gesture was most likely brought to the United States by Italian emigrants. It was first attested in America in 1886, when a Boston Biniters baseball pitcher showed it in a group photo with players from the rival New York Giants.
The French have their own "phallic salute," Morris notes (the gesture is also common in Russia). It is called "bras d'honneur" (hand of honor), and is a hand bent at a right angle, on which the second hand is placed near the elbow.
At the same time, a similar British gesture is the “victory” sign turned inside out (when the index and middle fingers are shown, but the hand is turned with the palm towards you).
During the Hundred Years' War, before the Battle of Agincourt, the French army greatly outnumbered the British army. The French were absolutely sure of their victory. The trump card of the English army was the archers. Their bows, known throughout the world, were made of yew. The bowstring movement, in English “pluck yew”, is pronounced “plak yu”. The French tried by all means to disable the English archers. If those were captured, then they would definitely cut off their middle and index fingers, thereby depriving them of the opportunity to shoot a bow in the future. And yet, the small army of the British won the battle of Agincourt, thanks to the competent interaction of archers and other soldiers armed with heavy guns.
Having won, the British began mockingly showing the French the middle finger and saying “pluck yew” (“plak yu”). Over time, due to the difficulty of pronouncing two consonants at once, the sound "P" was replaced by "F".
However, the offensive meaning of the middle finger has long transcended cultural, linguistic or national boundaries. Now you can see him at protests, football matches and at rock concerts around the world.
Last December, Liverpool striker Suarez was caught by photographers while giving the middle finger to Fulham fans after losing 1-0 away. The English Football Federation reprimanded him for inappropriate behavior and suspended him for one game.
In 2004, a Canadian MP from Calgary was accused of making a rude gesture to a colleague from another party who prevented him from speaking in the House of Commons.
“I, let’s say, expressed my displeasure with his actions,” Deepak Obrai later explained his behavior to local journalists.
Two years later, pop singer Britney Spears gave the finger to a group of photographers who allegedly harassed her. However, some fans decided that the gesture was meant for them, and the star had to apologize.
Although the middle finger historically symbolized the phallus, it has lost its original meaning and is no longer perceived as something obscene, according to Ira Robbins, a law professor at the University of Washington who has studied the role of gesture in the history of criminal jurisprudence.
“This is not a manifestation of lustful interest,” the expert assures. This gesture is rooted in Everyday life both in our country and in others. It means a lot of other things - protest, anger, excitement. It is no longer just a phallus."
Robbins doesn't even share the point of view of the Associated Press journalist, who called the gesture "outspoken." “What is frank about it? the expert asks. - Dancing can be frank. But a finger? I just don't understand it."
Nowadays, the “show the middle finger” gesture indicates disrespect for the opponent.
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So let's continue what does middle finger gesture mean?
Middle finger gesture- called "Fak" for short, expresses his extremely negative attitude to another person
This resemblance to the phallus leads us to believe that this gesture is much older. At a time when you couldn't buy a big car as an excuse for a small penis, it's very likely that showing the middle finger was a way of saying, " My dick is bigger than your jade rod". Obviously, it is still used as a symbol to say that a person is sexually inferior to another.
Many people are convinced that the roots of this gesture come from Hundred Years War when French soldiers threatened to cut off the fingers of English archers who were captured during the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. After that incident, before each battle, the British raised their middle fingers to show that they could still shoot with a yew bow.
Actually this story is complete nonsense. The reason for the appearance of the middle finger gesture is that it looks like a penis, and the fingers folded on both sides look like shriveled eggs. Here is a quote from anthropologist Desmond Morris:
"This is one of the most ancient gestures of insult. The middle finger is the penis, and the twisted fingers on both sides are the testicles. When you make this gesture, you offer someone a phallic symbol. It says: "This is the phallus" that you offer to people, which is a very ancient representation of the male genital organ."
Elizabeth King, writing an article for the magazine " Complex"(Youth social media covering the latest trends in style, art graphics, sneakers, as well as publishing various sports events), draws certain conclusions.
"In ancient Rome, showing the middle finger was a clear and undisguised threat. In Latin this gesture was called "digitus impudicus", which can be translated as "unholy finger". This gesture was a symbol to show that you intended to stab your opponent."
She also refers to the famous anecdote about the Greek biographer Diogenes, which the politician Demosthenes called out by raising his middle finger and shouting: "There goes the demagogue of Athens!"
Another early example The use of a bird in a phallic context is Clouds, a 2,500-year-old play by the Greek writer Aristophanes. At some point during the game, the protagonist Strepsiades, an Athenian citizen whose son, by his passion for gambling made him get into debt, turns the bird of Socrates during an argument. "When I was a boy, the number meant it!" says Strepsiades to the philosopher before giving the middle finger.
Aristophanes was almost certainly aware that this gesture was being interpreted as a reference to the penis. Socrates seems to have understood him perfectly. " You are just a rude joke", he replies.
By reading this short article, you have learned what does middle finger gesture mean, and now you can always adequately respond to such blasphemy.
As you probably guessed, we are not big fans of this gesture!
