While throwing up a middle finger today clearly communicates a resounding “f**k you,” in classical society, historians say a middle finger was more of a ribald sexual reference. The middle ...

Or perhaps the veteran Labour minister was employing a classic piece of playground innuendo - making a point and syly sticking ... Not for Mr Prescott the more fashionable, raised middle finger ...

Giving the middle finger may not be nice, but it is people’s “God-given” right, a Canadian judge has ruled in clearing a man of harassment charges in a neighbors’ quarrel. In his often ...

An insult can often feel like a sudden, painful slap to the face. But if you also show the middle finger, it can push some people into a full-blown tantrum. A nasty gesture can be costly Obscene ...