Do you and your closest friends have a secret handshake or greeting?

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United States
November 14, 2011 9:27pm CST
Well, back in the day my friend and I were infamous for the secret handshake around school! Well, not really, but we thought it was cool to acknowledge friends by a complex design of simple shakes and slides! :) We thought we were so cool haha, and now my friends and I have a normal handshake, not so complex, but still unique and cool! Do you have a saying you acknowledge your friends with, or even possibly a secret handshake? Even as adults its fun to be kids sometimes! Plus that major brownie points if you're love likes to do these type of activities!
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@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
15 Nov 11
Sorry but I have never had secret handshake with friends. We however have unique language with my friends. We even exchange letters with each other using our own language that nobody will have a hard time to understand that's not a gay language okay. As much as I want to understand that language I think it will really be difficult unless I was surrounded by gays who would teach me the language
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@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
15 Nov 11
hello en, Unique language...yes, i remember back to my younger days..we also have same language or words use as codes
@shellster (176)
• Philippines
16 Nov 11
I experienced that "secret handshake" when i joined a networking company. It's kinda odd at first but our groups are friends so its fine. It feels like a sorority or a fraternity though.
@raven66 (335)
• Canada
15 Nov 11
Yes! its the knee tap! knee to knee.
@jaiho2009 (39142)
• Philippines
15 Nov 11
This reminds me of my younger days. Yes, we also have same secret handshakes that me and few close friends only know the meaning and how we do it too fast. but now,it would look awkward to do such things...hehehe
• Philippines
16 Nov 11
It's not really a handshake that we have with my friends. It's the suffix we have in our names, I have group of friends who altogether have "toi" in our last names, another, we have "yo". Those are ways that we share to keep our bonds even better.
• Philippines
15 Nov 11
I do shake hands with people I'm often introduced with. Friends and best friends when met not exactly shake hands but embrace and do check to check. Kids should also learn handshake as a greeting.
@julianmac (396)
• Malaysia
15 Nov 11
Hi dellessimon45, I've never had the chance to experience that. But I think it's pretty cool and fun when I see people doing it especially teens and kids. My neighbor's kid have this big tree house in his backyard. He got this really cool door lock that will only release the deadbolt if the secret knock was performed. Some sort like a secret handshake too whereby only certain friends know about it.
@cassije74 (247)
• Philippines
15 Nov 11
Hah! i never thought that handshake can also be secret. You have your own way of expressing oneness of course that is cool enough if both of you acknowledge the importance of that secretness. Keeping the friendship lasts and treasuring friends is important and involving such complex design is not a hindrance. I was'nt able to experience it yet, i only use the simple handshake like what public is doing.
@mariahhh (1328)
• United Arab Emirates
15 Nov 11
That is really cool. My friends and I don't have that kind of secret handshakes or greetings. I never tried to have one before, but it's really cool. We only have some secret words and messages, that only two of us know.
• Philippines
15 Nov 11
We don't have those secret hand shakes coz I'm never good at those. I do think it is cool but why do we make things complicated when you can do something simple like a simple handshake but in our case, it's hugs. .