My friend Ashley wrote that Times story on Reggie Love last week, which included the line “closed-fisted high-five.”
(To paraphrase Snoop, she meant ‘pound’, but she ain’t know it.)
Chris Beam over at Slate chronicled some of the ways various news media outlets tried to describe the pound the Obamas gave to each other at last night before his speech.
“Taking a fist-pound from wife Michelle, Obama stepped to the podium Tuesday”—MTV.com
“Michelle Obama (L) gives her husband, Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Senator Barack Obama, a knuckle-bump as a sign of support before he speaks to supporters.”—Monsters and Critics
“At 09:09:27 Central Time, Michelle Obama gave Barack Obama a pound in St. Paul, Minnesota.”—Lola New York
“I never realized how romantic and respectful and mutually appreciative and loving a frat-tastic fist bump could be. Could it be the new peck-on-the-cheek?”—The Frisky
“… Obama, who was joined on stage by his wife Michelle, with whom he shared a celebratory fist-bump.”—Reuters
“Obama, began with a loving fist to fist thumbs up with Michelle.”—Capitol Hill Blue
“Michelle is not as ‘refined’ as Obama at hiding her TRUE feelings about America—etc. Her ‘Hezbollah’ style fist-jabbing …”—Human Events
“I loved that moment, when they touched their hands together like that.” Commenter bjkeefe
LOL @ ‘Hezbollah-style fist-jabbing.’ Ah, gotta love the paranoids in Brooks Brothers at Human Events. (We think they must have Michelle Obama confused with that terrorist Rachael Ray.)
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