greeting 

common scottish slang for crying

"Aye, you were fair bawling and greeting like a wee bairn"

"Aww, I wiz almost greetin when Lassie died."

greeting by anna apple October 12, 2003

Greeting Radius 

The distance of your radius that you will acknowledge the people you know and greet them. Greeting radii almost always depend on person. Usually, your greeting radius varies based on how much you like the person. Someone you are close friends with, will probably have a greeting radius of over 50ft. For people you don't like, it would probably be something like 10ft if it's crowded where you are.

Steve: Oh dude, I had to say hi to Kent today?
Jon: Aww, you said hi to Kunt? He probably thinks you like him now.
Steve: I know, but I kinda used to know him, plus, he got in my greeting radius
Jon: Shit, sucks for you, haha
Steve: Yeah, GOD today was a bad day

Greeting Radius by Co0k1eM0n5tr805 May 31, 2009

greeting disorder

When a person cannot perform a proper greeting - handshake, high-five, etc.

Can also be applicable to verbal greetings as well.

Physical - "Man, Cletus always crushes my hand when he shakes it, I think he has a greeting disorder."

Verbal - "Steve always calls everyone a D-Bag when he meets them. That jerk has a real greeting disorder."

greeting disorder by hawtcore December 12, 2010

Greeting Person 

A person who is used to greet someone.

“I sent my friend a greeting person so they knew they were appreciated”

Greeting Person by winkwink87 March 7, 2022

greeting orbit 

When you're with someone and run into an acquaintance of his/hers. They exchange greetings, which leads to a conversation, and you stand there smiling like a dummy wondering if you'll ever be introduced.

We strolled through the crowd arm in arm, she knowing everyone and stopping to chat - me knowing nobody and in perpetual greeting orbit.

greeting orbit by ΔиłĦ☼иצ ߀₡ʞ October 24, 2009

Greeting Distance 

The optimum distance someone walking in the opposite direction should be before one smiles at them. If too far, there is an awkward few metres trying to avoid eye contact, if too close they may think you are shunning them. Get this right, and stage one of rapport building is complete.

Person 1: Mate, I had a massively awkward moment the other day...

Person 2: What happened?

Person 1: Well, I saw this girl I know at the other side of the park coming toward me; naturally I smiled and waved.

Person 2: So, what was the problem?

Person 1: Well, she smiled back, but we were still separated by a good fifty metres. I didn't want to keep eye contact because that would have looked weird, and I could hardly smile again; I just had to look at the floor for a little while... Was so awkward...

Person 2: Ah I see, classic example of not leaving an appropriate greeting distance.

Greeting Distance by JustCallMe_L November 5, 2012

Greeting Card 

Slang for a person who’s only contributions to discussions are vague, positive statements. Nobody disagrees with them because there’s nothing of substance in what they say. They prevent issues from being discussed because the only response to their feel-good cliche is a quiet head nod or other innocuous affirmation. The conversation typically fizzles out because it’s easy to look like a jackass by detracting from the positive end note in a group setting.

Someone is a genuine Greeting Card when they truly believe their vague positivity accomplished something.

Someone can cynically act like a Greeting Card when they intentionally want to close a hard conversation where they may have to deal with uncomfortable topics or discussions. Watch politicians and corporate executives do it all the time.

"I think what we can all agree on is that the children’s safety is very important to all of us." – Jim, in a meeting

"Jim always kisses ass and only says obvious shit that means nothing. We never talk about how to actually fix things. Jim is such a freaking Greeting Card!" – Jane, to a friend after the meeting

Greeting Card by plaything_of_the_gods October 1, 2020