two fingers up

noun

V sign (gesture of contempt)

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Meanings

nountwo fingers up (plural two fingers up)
  1. V sign (gesture of contempt)

    Grimsby doesn’t ever wound quite as devastatingly as Borat or Brüno, but it’s a vital, lavish, venomously profane two fingers up at Benefits Street pity porn and the social division it fosters.

    2016 February 23, Robbie Collin, “Grimsby review: ' Sacha Baron Cohen's vital, venomous action movie'”, in The Daily Telegraph (London)
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“two fingers up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/two%20fingers%20up. Accessed November 5, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “two fingers up,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/two%20fingers%20up.

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