Fist bump
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The fist bump, also called the fist pound, dabs, dap, knucks, and knuckle bump, is a type of friendly gesture similar 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 are part of a dap greeting.
[edit] 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 comment to an article on the Human Events website likened the fist bump to "Hezbollah-style fist-jabbing"[3], a comment noted by Fox News host E.D. Hill, who called it a "terrorist fist jab"[4]
[edit] Fist bump in popular culture
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- Barack Obama and Michelle Obama at Obama's presidential campaign speech in St. Paul, Minnesota on June 3, 2008. (YouTube video)[1]
- The pound, referred to as the fist bump, was featured in the 2007 Bud Light Super Bowl commercial.[5]
- In a 1995 Sprite commercial featuring hip hop artists Grand Puba and Large Professor, Puba proclaims the joy that can be attained by simultaneously filling one's hands with pounds and soft drinks: "I give a pound to my man wit my right hand / cuz I, I keeps the Sprite in my left hand..."
- Howie Mandel, host of Deal or No Deal in the US and Canada, uses the fist pound as an alternative to shaking hands. He is bothered by shaking hands because it can spread germs.[1]
- During part two of the Ocean County, New Jersey edition of Dateline NBC's To Catch a Predator, one of the predators who was being interrogated by Chris Hansen asked for a fist pound before he left the house. Hansen obliged[citation needed]
- During the first opening sequence of Naruto, Naruto and Sasuke are seen doing the fist pound to show that even though in the show they are portrayed as rivals, they are also friends and have a deep, mutual respect for each other[citation needed].
- In the sport of Mixed martial arts, the fist pound among two fighters before or during a fight is a gesture of respect and to acknowledge an appreciation for their opponent's skills.[citation needed]
- The March 7th, 2008 Penny-Arcade web-comic strip features fist pounding in reference to the video game Army of Two.[6]
- In ice hockey, after a player celebrates scoring a goal with his teammates on the ice, the player typically skates by his bench, fist pounding each of his teammates as he glides from one end of the bench to the other.[citation needed] (An exception to this is if the player scores the game winning goal in overtime as all the teammates scurry onto the ice towards the player and embrace him.)[citation needed]
- Every Fast Money on CNBC episode is ended with the hosts fist bumping each others as the show fades out.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "A Brief History of the Fist Bump", Time (magazine), June 5, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
- ^ YouTube video
- ^ "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 on 2008-06-10.
- ^ Fist Bump from YouTube
- ^ Our Crucial Pamphlet
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