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==History== |
==History== |
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''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine wonders if it evolved from the [[handshake]] and the [[high-five]]. They cite knuckle bumping in the 1970s with [[NBA]] player [[Baltimore Bullets]] guard [[Fred Carter]]. Others claim the [[Wonder Twins]], minor characters in the 1970s [[Hanna-Barbera]] superhero cartoon ''[[Super Friends]]'', who touched knuckles and cried "Wonder Twin powers, activate!" were the originators.<ref name=time>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=A Brief History of the Fist Bump |url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1812102,00.html |quote= |publisher=[[Time (magazine)]] |date=[[June 5]], [[2008]] |accessdate=2008-06-08 }}</ref>. |
''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine wonders if it evolved from the [[handshake]] and the [[high-five]]. They cite knuckle bumping in the 1970s with [[NBA]] player [[Baltimore Bullets]] guard [[Fred Carter]]. Others claim the [[Wonder Twins]], minor characters in the 1970s [[Hanna-Barbera]] superhero cartoon ''[[Super Friends]]'', who touched knuckles and cried "Wonder Twin powers, activate!" were the originators.<ref name=time>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=A Brief History of the Fist Bump |url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1812102,00.html |quote= |publisher=[[Time (magazine)]] |date=[[June 5]], [[2008]] |accessdate=2008-06-08 }}</ref>. |
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On [[3 June]], [[2008]] [[Barack Obama]] and his wife [[Michelle Obama]] caused a flurry of Internet and news media activity when they fist-bumped during a televised presidential campaign speech in [[St. Paul, Minnesota]].<ref name=time/><ref>[http://youtube.com/watch?v=EGBikSDv4nM YouTube video]</ref> A reader's comment in response to a column by [[Cal Thomas]], a conservative American syndicated columnist and author, described the fist bump as "[[Hezbollah]]-style fist-jabbing".<ref>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=26692&page=1 "Reader Comments"] and [http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/15776.html "The bump heard ’round the world"]. See also [http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/trailhead/archive/2008/06/04/pounds.aspx "Trailhead: Pounds."</ref> [[Fox News]] host [[E.D. Hill]], in a "tease" for an unrelated story, asked if the gesture by the Obamas was a "terrorist fist jab".<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Fox News anchor calls the Obamas' fist pound 'a terrorist fist jab' |url=http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/09/fox-news-anchor-calls-the-obamas-fist-pound-a-terrorist-fist-jab/ |quote= |publisher=thinkprogress.org |accessdate=2008-06-10 }}</ref> Hill failed to explain what a terrorist fist jab is or to otherwise follow up on her "tease." The fist bump has, in some circles, come to be referred to as a terrorist fist jab in mockery of Hill's [[yellow journalism]]. |
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Revision as of 00:09, 15 July 2008
The fist bump (also called the fist pound, knuckle bump, knuckle knock, the rock, spud, giving props, or the get some among other names) is a type of friendly gesture similar in meaning to a hand shake or a high five. It is performed by two people tapping their fists lightly. A bump also can be known as a symbol of giving of respect. Fist pounds can also be followed by various other hand and body gestures, but may be part of a dap greeting.
History
Time magazine wonders if it evolved from the handshake and the high-five. They cite knuckle bumping in the 1970s with NBA player Baltimore Bullets guard Fred Carter. Others claim the Wonder Twins, minor characters in the 1970s Hanna-Barbera superhero cartoon Super Friends, who touched knuckles and cried "Wonder Twin powers, activate!" were the originators.[1].
References
- ^ "A Brief History of the Fist Bump". Time (magazine). June 5, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
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