A **Friendmaker** is a handshake that makes friends without fail.
The original procedure goes as follows:
1. *CLAP your palms together with your new friend like going into a normal handshake, only so as to meet the edges.*
2. *STRAP your thumb to his/hers in a GRAPple and lift upward firmly until at arm-wrestling level.*
3. *WRAP your fingers around the top-base of his/her hand, pulling your fingers over the back of his/her wrist and down against the base of his/her thumb to effectively TRAP their hand from escaping.*
4. *SNAP your fingers around their thumb with a flourish (can't be simultaneous, so whoever initiates should snap first).*
5. *ZAP fingerguns at each other with style akin to Fonzie from 'Happy Days', leaning back to make a GAP while still holding one another upright.*
6. *DAP across each other's fingers and FLAP at the fingertips.*
7. *RAP knuckles together on the way to TAP the backs of each other's forearms together.*
8. *Twist your shoulder inward to SLAP the outside of the other's same shoulder.*
Other renditions of Friendmakers combine any mixture of claps, slaps, daps, and taps. In its simplest form, it only involves the first four steps from the original.
The original procedure goes as follows:
1. *CLAP your palms together with your new friend like going into a normal handshake, only so as to meet the edges.*
2. *STRAP your thumb to his/hers in a GRAPple and lift upward firmly until at arm-wrestling level.*
3. *WRAP your fingers around the top-base of his/her hand, pulling your fingers over the back of his/her wrist and down against the base of his/her thumb to effectively TRAP their hand from escaping.*
4. *SNAP your fingers around their thumb with a flourish (can't be simultaneous, so whoever initiates should snap first).*
5. *ZAP fingerguns at each other with style akin to Fonzie from 'Happy Days', leaning back to make a GAP while still holding one another upright.*
6. *DAP across each other's fingers and FLAP at the fingertips.*
7. *RAP knuckles together on the way to TAP the backs of each other's forearms together.*
8. *Twist your shoulder inward to SLAP the outside of the other's same shoulder.*
Other renditions of Friendmakers combine any mixture of claps, slaps, daps, and taps. In its simplest form, it only involves the first four steps from the original.
I was just gonna give him some skin, but bro pulled the OG Friendmaker on me outta nowhere! Now we bros for life!
by OPStellar May 12, 2024