secret handshakes
Clandestine palm rituals
A secret handshake is a distinctive greeting known only to members of a particular group—a fraternity, club, or organization.
The handshake serves as a sign of membership and mutual recognition.
Figuratively, secret handshakes refer to any insider signals or unspoken understandings that mark belonging: The industry runs on secret handshakes and golf course deals.
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- gestureCommunicative body movement
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- gripSecure manual hold
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
signal · clasp · touch · squeeze · oaths · code · exclusivity · behind closed doors · initiation rites · rite of passage · loyalty · esoteric knowledge · in-group · fraternity · boys club · inner circle · fingers · insider
- group activitiesgroup games, voting, protest, group dance, group project
- secret societiesFreemasons, Illuminati, Masons, Freemasonry, Rosicrucians
- subculture signalsgang signs, hand signs, coded language, dog whistles, code words
- FreemasonryMason, Masons, Freemasons, Freemasonry, lodge
- Ulster Loyalismloyalism, unionism, Ulster, William of Orange, no surrender
- secret lodges
secret handshakeswave hello
public announcement · broadcast message · public display · handshake · high five
secret handshakeswave hello
open-door policy · general admission · common courtesy · handshake · open arms
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