Timeline for What do we call the gesture of hitting each other's fists gently?
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| Apr 16, 2016 at 9:07 | comment | added | ljrk | At least where I live (Germany, big city) brofist is quite well-known for 3yrs or so. Also a maybe not-so-well-established source, yet still interesting: knowyourmeme.com/memes/bro-fist | |
| Apr 15, 2016 at 21:08 | comment | added | Nzall | @shoover Pewdiepie is the biggest Youtube celebrity of this moment, with over 43 million subscribers and counting; pew and pie are pronounced as the English words, die is pronounced in a German style. | |
| Apr 15, 2016 at 17:14 | comment | added | shoover | What is a Pewdiepie and how do you pronounce it? | |
| Apr 15, 2016 at 16:17 | comment | added | Tofystedeth | 'Dap' is how I knew it growing up (Dallas, Texas, went to a middle school with a large African American population). Fist-bump is a good generic term that most anybody should understand. However, if you're saying "Bro?" or "Bro." when you do it, it's definitely a brofist. Lastly, if you're a Fox News anchor you might call it a Terrorist Fist-Jab. | |
| Apr 15, 2016 at 15:48 | comment | added | Will | I don't think Pewdiepie invented the term brofist; I've been using it for over a decade, though maybe that was a regional expression until he exposed it to more people. | |
| Apr 15, 2016 at 15:37 | comment | added | user32919 | Fist-bump was popular long before Pewdiepie, generally as a form of congratulations. A handshake is more appropriate for closing a deal. | |
| Apr 14, 2016 at 21:10 | comment | added | Russell Borogove | "Brofist" may be a more online term; it's definitely very young. "Dap" is better known in African American communities, dates back to the 1970s, and encompasses options more complex than the fist bump. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giving_dap | |
| Apr 14, 2016 at 17:26 | comment | added | Era | For what it's worth, I'm a native speaker in my 20's and I have never heard "brofist" or "dap". There might be specific subcultures or regions where these terms are more prevalent or less prevalent. | |
| Apr 14, 2016 at 15:19 | comment | added | stangdon | I think the term is only popular because of Pewdiepie, because it only got big within the last year. Overall, "fist bump" is still the clear leader. (Actually, "dap" might be even more common, but it's hard to search for, since it has a lot of other meanings too.) | |
| Apr 14, 2016 at 13:22 | comment | added | Usernew | +1 for mentioning Pewdiepie. It is also quite often heard and seen in TV serials. | |
| Apr 14, 2016 at 13:18 | history | answered | Nzall | CC BY-SA 3.0 |