Fist bump
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].
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.[1][2] 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".[3] 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".[4] 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.
References
- ^ a b "A Brief History of the Fist Bump". Time (magazine). June 5, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
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- ^ "Reader Comments" and "The bump heard ’round the world". See also [http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/trailhead/archive/2008/06/04/pounds.aspx "Trailhead: Pounds."
- ^ "Fox News anchor calls the Obamas' fist pound 'a terrorist fist jab'". thinkprogress.org. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
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