Middle finger swagger

A type of swagger which exhibits a certain kind of boldness, bordering on cockiness. Middle finger swagger often involves profanely disrespecting authority figures in a lax, casual way. Middle finger swagger is typically vulgar to be deliberately offensive, to challenge the status quo. Middle finger swagger is often associated with punk rock. Most notably, the term was used by a critic to describe the most recent album by The Dirty Nil, Fuck Art.

Adam Feibel wrote in Exclaim! "Fuck Art is pure escapism. Their third album has the kind of punched-up confidence and middle finger swagger that says they don't intend to be underdogs for much longer.