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What is bite my thumb?
As has been noted before, it has been used by Shakespeare.
A qualified guess is that the phrase, (and the hand gesture that accompanies it), symbolizes oral sex,
and implies that the insulted is gay.
Shakespeare - "Romeo and Juliet"
bite my thumb - video
Bite my thumb - what is it?
The grammatically correct way that Shakespeare would say "I bite my thumb at thou!" since everything has to be grammatically correct...
(An insult used in Shakespeare)
I bite my thumb at thee!
What does "bite my thumb" mean?
When armies took prisoners in southern Europe in the middle ages, they would sometimes be offered the chance to earn their freedom by eating a fig from a mules anus. As the captors taunted their captive, offering him this degrading method of escape, they would bite their thumbs.
I bite my thumb at thou! infidel!
Bite my thumb - what does it mean?
It's an old English term for "Fuck you!" Is used in many of Shakespeare's plays.
I bite my thumb at thou! Thou hast beseeched thy family!
Bite my thumb - meaning
This, actually means that you want to start a fight. A looong time ago people used to "bite" their thumb at someone to show that person you don't actually care about them.
I bite my thumb at thou!. I completely disagree with you all the way.
Bite my thumb - definition
It pretty much mean fuck you in lamens terms, or a different way to flip someone off back in the day
I bite my thumb at thee for being such a disgrace!
Bite my thumb - slang
The Medieval Middle finger.
Fuck off.
John: Your such a prick Erin.
Erin: I Bite my thumb at you *bites thumb in johns general direction*
John takes offense and stomps away.
Bite my thumb
Actually, Shakespeare never used this specific phrase. If he had, the gramtically correct way to say it would be "I bite my thumb at thee!"
I will bite my thumb at them, which is disgrace to them if they bear it.
--Shakespeare (from Romeo and Juliet)
Bite my thumb
The texting equivalent if biting ones tongue. Or not saying or texting something you are aching to express.
I'm biting my thumb in response to the a-holes post about being so f'n hot
Bite my thumb
The Shakespearian equivalent of giving someone the finger.
"I will bite my thumb at them, which is a disgrace if they bear it."
-Romeo & Juliet