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where does sticking 2 fingers up come from
The two-fingered salute derives from a gesture made by long bowmen fighting in the English archers at the Battle of Agincourt -1415- during the Hundred Years' War.
What was the meaning of the two finger salute during the Hundred Yeras War
The French mutilated the captured middle fingers so that they no longer operate their longbows. The V sign by uncaptured and victorious archers was to display defiance against the French.

Question: What is the meaning of the gesture in recent days
Self-contained rewrite: What is the meaning of sticking two fingers up in recent days