Middle finger Pronunciation, Meaning, Synonyms & phonetic transcription

It’s devastating and I still haven’t come to terms with it, gosh darn it, I still think of her in the present tense, you know? If she were here right now, she’d be behind you giving you bunny ears and me the middle finger because she was all about having fun all the time. Whenever I was on set, I would go straight to her trailer with my dog and hang out with her and her dog.

I wanted to wear this Confederate flag dress as a middle finger to a symbol of racism, 3 Years Sober.

So I pushed my thumb, pointer, and middle finger into each eye. I gripped each eyeball, twisted, and pulled until each eye popped out of the socket — it felt like a massive struggle, the hardest thing I ever had to do, because I could no longer see, I don't know if there was blood. But I know the drugs numbed the pain. I'm pretty sure I would have tried to claw right into my brain if a pastor hadn't heard me screaming, ‘I want to see the light!’ — which I don't recall saying — and restrained me.

When you vote for Trump, it's almost giving the middle finger to the establishment or the status quo.

It was an airborne middle finger to Trump and Xi before they sit down for their summit.

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