At the end of a long task, hard day, or challenging triumph, you may be prevailed upon by a straight person for a high five. Generally, it’s a raised open palm facing you, often accompanied with a smile and an expectation that you do the same and move your respective hands toward each other quickly, resulting in a smacking sound.
Ironic or plainly uncoordinated versions mean that the hands do not meet, but may humorously or confusingly pass by each other.
Rocko’s Modern Life, an animated TV show that used to be on Nickelodeon, has an episode called The High Five of Doom, in which aliens that look like one of the characters decimate the earth’s population via, you guessed it, high fives.
If you are offered a high five by a hetero, be sure to match the spirit in which it is offered. They will love you.
