The Middle Finger, also known as the middle finger, is an obscene hand gesture, often meaning the phrase fuck you.
It is performed by showing the back of the hand, extending the middle finger of the hand upwards while bending the other fingers down into the palm. The finger has been called the universal sign of disrespect.

In countries where Spanish, Portuguese, or French are spoken, a gesture called the Bras d'honneur involving raising a fist and slapping the biceps on the same arm as the fist used, sometimes called the Iberian slap or Iberian finger, is equivalent to the finger.

The middle finger is still used though, and it is considered more insulting. Another variation of the middle finger is used, where all the fingers but the middle one are spread wide while moving the hand back and forth in the axis the middle finger creates.