Canadian Greeting

To fart in somebody's face as they say hello

English person: *walking down the street*
Canadian guy: *farts on his face*
English person: What the hell man?
Canadian guy: oh, its just the Canadian greeting.

by PapaPaarthurnax August 30, 2021

Silent Greeting

An awkward half-greeting consisting of mouthing hello, with none or very little sound coming out. Only made worse when eye contact is made.

Shopper: *walks into store
Cashier: *sees someone
Cashier: "Hello!"
Shopper: "....(silent greeting)"
Cashier: "...."
Shopper: "...."
Cashier: ....can I help you?"

by Garrbear570 July 13, 2011

kickface greeting

to kick someone in the face as a form of greeting.

That douche will get a kickface greeting next time i see him.

I gave him a kickface greeting after he was a dick to my sister.

by memphisdude69 June 28, 2011

triple-f greeting

Stands for "Fake Fist-Fight" greeting, and denotes the playful-macho act of two best buds joyfully saying hello by grinningly taking a few wild swings at each other, but of course never having any of the flailing punches actually "land"; both greeters purposely "swing wide" so that they safely miss each other every time.

An alternative to the triple-f greeting --- often practiced by sturdy-figured tomboys --- is to take huge "sweeping" kicks in each other's directions, while simultaneously trying not to topple over backwards themselves. Both of these actions may seem fun and "free-spirited", but there is always a definite risk of real injury with them; I prefer simple hugs and handshakes myself.

by QuacksO August 18, 2018

gradual-ramp-up-volume greeting

Refers to a non-startling strategy employed whenever you are unable to unobtrusively get someone's attention or make eye-contact with him for whatever reason (maybe he's deep in a book, concentrating hard on a household/carpentry task, or using noisy equipment, and thus he does not look up/around occasionally or hear/observe your presence) and so you start out to say hello by speaking very quietly, and then cautiously raising your voice little-by-little (like some modern-day alarm-clocks do so as to wake you "gently" instead of startling you out of a sound slumber with a full-blast ringer right away) till the previously-oblivious person eventually becomes aware of your proximity and glances up.

I'd wanted to ask my elderly neighbor about my possibly carpooling with him on his grocery-shopping trip the next day, but he was so busy using his riding lawnmower that he never noticed me despite my circling around in front of him several times, so I eventually used the gradual-ramp-up-volume greeting to finally get his attention.

by QuacksO August 22, 2018

Greets

It's the very informal short version of Greetings!

Adam: Well, I gotta go now, see ya!
You: Greets!

by AleZ_Off April 5, 2023

london greeting

A nice roadman from london greets you with a knife in your abdomen

A young man gave me a London greeting and now I'm kn hospital

by Myrical April 20, 2023