@Dadifer@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months agoTIL the middle finger was used offensively from 423 BCwww.dictionary.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1272arrow-down12cross-posted to: til@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1270arrow-down1external-linkTIL the middle finger was used offensively from 423 BCwww.dictionary.com@Dadifer@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square23fedilinkcross-posted to: til@lemmy.ca
minus-square@ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-211 months agoTo add to this I read years ago how the English phase “fuck you” got associated with the gesture. It comes The Hundred Years War between Britian and France and was originally “Pluck You!” but changed over time. This was the first search result and shares the story well: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=PLUCK YOU
To add to this I read years ago how the English phase “fuck you” got associated with the gesture. It comes The Hundred Years War between Britian and France and was originally “Pluck You!” but changed over time.
This was the first search result and shares the story well: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=PLUCK YOU
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