Random Facts: Have You Ever Broken A Pinky Promise? Check Out The True Meaning Here!

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By Andrew Sykora

May 13, 2020 at 1:02 pm EDT

Did you know the original meaning of a "pinky promise" meant that if & when one of the two people involved wound up breaking the promise, they had to actually cut off their pinky finger? The Japanese roots of the pinky swear are evident in its common use in anime films, where it is known as yubikiri or "finger cut off."

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