How to Give the Homie Handshake

When it comes to shaking hands with your friends or on the street, there's a whole different vibe than when you shake hands with your banker. The homie handshake is a more personal way of greeting someone you know well. While there are many variations, there are some traditional components. Here's how to give the homie handshake.

Instructions

1. Offer your hand as you would during a normal handshake.

2. Slap the other person's hand lightly. There should be a real casual vibe to this part of the handshake.

3. Rotate your hand so that it is perpendicular to the ground (the tips of your fingers will be facing up.)

4. Close your fist simultaneously grasping your friend's hand.

5. Reverse the direction of your hand by rotating it back to the original position.

6. Slide your hand away from your friend, maintaining contact with their skin until your fingertips lose contact.

7. Snap your fingers off the side to complete the homie handshake.

8. Create your own homie handshake. This is quite popular to do with everything from sports players on a team down to people signifying which neighborhood they are from.

Tips & Warnings

• Rather then a snap at the end, you can wiggle your fingers.

• Another variation is simply to bump a fist with the other person.