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** *[[QI]] Klaxon* That little story was invented in the 1970s, and the first recorded use of the sign itself was in 1901.
**** Likely to be a phallic symbol - a classic anthropologists answer, but probably true. Might have been used to ward off the evil eye, but the "horned hand" gesture was more common for that.
** Regarding the "Chinese middle finger"; I'm not sure if it's related, but the Japanese seem to use the extended pinky to imply sexual intercourse. If I recall correctly, this was used in the ''[[Ranma
** According to my parents, the pinky means "you are last" or something similar to that.
*** Joke time! A little boy would go to school every day and on the way he'd pass a whore house. One of the whores would always greet him by saying "Hi, little boy!" and waving her pinky finger. One day the little boy said "Miss? Why do you always wave your pinky finger at me?" The whore laughed and said "Cuz that's the size of your thing!" The next day, the boy passes the whorehouse on his way to school and the whore waves her finger and says "Hi, little boy!" The boy dumps all of his books out of his book bag, waves it at her and says "Hi, lady!"
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