The "High 5"

[mikepd]

How did this gesture of awesomeness come about.Who invented it & why is it so damn satisfying to give/receive a "high 5"?

 

[kopfhorer1]

Not sure. Just as, as a person who grew up saying "cool" and "far out!" I now say things like "awesome!"

 

[idiot756]

All I know is, as a kid of the 90s, I use it now to feel "old school", because we used to use it all the time when I was growing up. I hated the 2000s so much, so anything "retro" is good with me.

 

[MistressValerie1]

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/181375.html

High fives are reputed to have begun on the basketball circuit in the US in the 1979/80 season. The University of Louisville player Derek Smith claims to have invented the gesture and coined the term. That claim was recorded in the P. Dickson's 1989 Basketball Dictionary:

 

[10 armed tkler]

All I know is, as a kid of the 90s, I use it now to feel "old school", because we used to use it all the time when I was growing up. I hated the 2000s so much, so anything "retro" is good with me.

As awesome as the 90's were, do not let nostalgia blind you.



high 5 anyone?

 

[Budweiserbob!]

This thread is f*kin' awesome! *High Fives Tickler Dae*

 

[tickle_fan031]

It's actually hard to imagine a world without "High 5s"