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While the exact source of the thumb gesture is obscure, several origins have been proposed. Carleton S. Coon, having observed Barbary apes in Gibraltar using the gesture, hypothesised in the anthropological classic The Story of Man that it is a mutual celebration of having opposable thumbs. [1]
A self-clasping handshake is a gesture in which one hand is grasped by the other and held together in front of the body or over the head. In the United States , this gesture is a sign of victory, being made by the winning boxer at the end of a fight. [ 1 ]
The handshake may have originated in prehistory as a demonstration of peaceful intent, since it shows that the hand holds no weapon. [4] [better source needed] Another possibility is that it originated as a symbolic gesture of mutual commitment to an oath or promise: two hands clasping each other represents the sealing of a bond.
The Vulcan "salute" was devised by Leonard Nimoy, who portrayed the half Vulcan character Mr. Spock on the original Star Trek television series. A 1968 New York Times interview described the gesture as a "double-fingered version of Churchill's victory sign". Nimoy said in that interview that he "decided that the Vulcans were a "hand-oriented ...
Manchester Prep (loose adaptation of the movie Cruel Intentions – three episodes were produced for the planned TV series Manchester Prep, but the series was cancelled and the episodes never aired on TV; instead the episodes were edited together and released as the movie Cruel Intentions 2, though it was not a sequel to the original movie)
It began with a fourth grader last year, who would wait for him every morning for her handshake. "This year I started making handshakes with the kids at recess," he said. "It was just one or two ...
Here is a compilation put together in February that exemplifies Trump's "pull" and forceful style of handshake: The Huffington Post spoke with psychology professors about what this may mean.
A variation on a dap greeting, 2009. The practice and term originated among black soldiers during the Vietnam War as part of the Black Power movement. [3] [4] Ninety percent of those imprisoned in the Long Binh Jail during the war were African Americans; it was in the jail that the handshake was created under pan-African nationalist influences.