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 ...

An account purporting to offer the historical origins of the obscene middle-finger extended hand gesture (varously known as "flipping the bird," "flipping someone off," or the "one-finger salute ...

British neurologist John Hughlings Jackson once said that the first man who insulted another person instead of “knocking out [their] brains without a word” actually laid the groundwork for ...