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'''The finger''', also known as '''flipping the [[bird]]''', is an offensive hand gesture from [[Earth]] [[Human]] [[culture]], particularly the [[punk]] [[subculture]]. It involved holding up one's middle [[finger]] and showing it to another person.
 
'''The finger''', also known as '''flipping the [[bird]]''', is an offensive hand gesture from [[Earth]] [[Human]] [[culture]], particularly the [[punk]] [[subculture]]. It involved holding up one's middle [[finger]] and showing it to another person.
   
In [[1986]], when a [[time travel]]ing [[Admiral]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] and [[Captain]] [[Spock]] were on a [[bus]] crossing the [[Golden Gate Bridge]], a punk on the bus gave Kirk the finger after [[James T. Kirk|he]] asked him to turn of his [[boombox]]. ({{Film|4}})
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In [[1986]], when a [[time travel]]ing [[Admiral]] [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]] and [[Captain]] [[Spock]] were on a [[bus]] crossing the [[Golden Gate Bridge]], a punk on the bus gave Kirk the finger after Kirk asked the punk to turn off a [[boombox]] which the punk had. ({{Film|4}})
   
 
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A punk on a bus shows Kirk the finger

The finger, also known as flipping the bird, is an offensive hand gesture from Earth Human culture, particularly the punk subculture. It involved holding up one's middle finger and showing it to another person.

In 1986, when a time traveling Admiral Kirk and Captain Spock were on a bus crossing the Golden Gate Bridge, a punk on the bus gave Kirk the finger after Kirk asked the punk to turn off a boombox which the punk had. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)

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