Middle finger (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Middle finger" in English language version.

Last modified: 00:51:00, 22 August 2026 (UTC)

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22thefreedictionary.com

1,251^st place

1,161^st place

5^th place

5^th place

11vocabulary.com

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low place

26^th place

23^rd place

11theguardian.com

16^th place

11^th place

11books.google.com

3^rd place

3^rd place

11royalsocietypublishing.org

1,880^th place

2,810^th place

2^nd place

2^nd place

bbc.com (Global: 26^th place; English: 23^rd place)

"When did the middle finger become offensive?". BBC News. 6 February 2012.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Jason Joseph, Rick Joseph (2007). 101 Ways to Flip the Bird. Broadway Books. ISBN 978-0-7679-2681-2.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Acharya, Raghav; Challita, Elio J.; Ilton, Mark; Saad Bhamla, M. (November 2021). "The ultrafast snap of a finger is mediated by skin friction". Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 18 (184). doi:10.1098/rsif.2021.0672. PMC 8596009. PMID 34784775.

nih.gov (Global: 5^th place; English: 5^th place)

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Acharya, Raghav; Challita, Elio J.; Ilton, Mark; Saad Bhamla, M. (November 2021). "The ultrafast snap of a finger is mediated by skin friction". Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 18 (184). doi:10.1098/rsif.2021.0672. PMC 8596009. PMID 34784775.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Acharya, Raghav; Challita, Elio J.; Ilton, Mark; Saad Bhamla, M. (November 2021). "The ultrafast snap of a finger is mediated by skin friction". Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 18 (184). doi:10.1098/rsif.2021.0672. PMC 8596009. PMID 34784775.

royalsocietypublishing.org (Global: 1,880^th place; English: 2,810^th place)

Acharya, Raghav; Challita, Elio J.; Ilton, Mark; Saad Bhamla, M. (November 2021). "The ultrafast snap of a finger is mediated by skin friction". Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 18 (184). doi:10.1098/rsif.2021.0672. PMC 8596009. PMID 34784775.

thefreedictionary.com (Global: 1,251^st place; English: 1,161^st place)

"middle finger". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
"third finger". Medical Dictionary. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

theguardian.com (Global: 16^th place; English: 11^th place)

"The shock index: is giving the finger still offensive?". The Guardian. 22 February 2012.

vocabulary.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"middle finger". www.vocabulary.com.