Editing High five (section)

==Variations==
In addition to the classic high five several other types of high five exist.
[[File:Edwin Encarnacion, Michael Saunders (27740327405).jpg|thumb|right|[[Edwin Encarnación]] (left) and [[Michael Saunders]] of the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] executing a two-handed high five in 2016]]
If one initiates a high five (or any variation thereof) by offering a hand(s), and no reciprocal hand appears to consummate the gesture, the initiator is said to have been "[[commons:File:NASA-HighFive-LeftHanging.ogg|left hanging]]".<ref>Neil Pasricha. ''The Book of Awesome'', Penguin, 2010. [https://books.google.com/books?id=3i5aTZIlpR0C&pg=PT206 p. 206].</ref> This could be interpreted as an insult, friendly joke or form of enlightenment, depending on the context of its use.

Another variation is the "self high five." The action consists of raising one hand, generally the right hand, and tagging it with the other. It was often used by [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] [[Diamond Dallas Page]] as part of his persona, such as in "Self High Five," his theme song in [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCwD_0ChWv0 Diamond Dallas Page WCW Theme "Self High Five" | TNLWrestling.com], [[YouTube]], Uploaded by TNLWrestling on Oct 22, 2011. Last accessed April 2012.</ref> A variation of this variation was explored by Turkish artist Deniz Ozuygur who built a "Self High-five Machine," which was exhibited in New York City in 2010. It is a robotic arm that spins in circles striking another robotic arm, both of which are rubber casts of Ozuygur's own arms.<ref>{{cite magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824113553/http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-07/19/self-high-five-machine |archive-date=August 24, 2010 |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-07/19/self-high-five-machine |title=Never get left hanging with the Self High-five Machine |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |author=Duncan Geere |date=July 19, 2010 |access-date=July 25, 2014}}</ref>

A hand grab is when one or both parties grab and hold, sometimes even shaking around the opposing parties hand while still up high. The variation can be used to indicate friendship and/or personal swagger.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/national-high-five-day/18/ |title=How to celebrate National High Five Day: Grab the other person's hand afterwards |work=CBS News |date=16 April 2015 |access-date=October 10, 2020}}</ref><ref name="NASA" />  A two-handed high five is as the name suggests the same as a high five but two handed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/national-high-five-day/21/ |title=How to celebrate National High Five Day: Use both hands |work=CBS News |date=16 April 2015 |access-date=October 10, 2020}}</ref><ref name="NASA" /> A back end is when a normal high is followed through by swinging the arms around to slap together down low.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/national-high-five-day/24/ |title=How to celebrate National High Five Day: Follow through on the back end |work=CBS News |date=16 April 2015 |access-date=October 10, 2020}}</ref> Some will pass through a gauntlet while giving two hand high fives through a line of people.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/national-high-five-day/10/ |title=How to celebrate National High Five Day: Run down a whole line of high fives |work=CBS News |date=16 April 2015 |access-date=October 10, 2020}}</ref>

===Too slow===
The "too slow" variation is a sequence of high five and low five, often accompanied by a rhyme such as "Up High. Down Low ..."<ref name=weinraub/><ref name=mightbegiants>[http://www.songlyrics.com/they-might-be-giants/high-five-lyrics/ "High Five!"], a song by [[They Might Be Giants]] from the album ''[[Here Come the 123s]]'' (2008).</ref> During the down low sequence, the initiator will surprise the counter-party by pulling their hand back at the last moment, tricking the other person into swiping at empty air, completing the rhyme with "Too slow!" <ref>Robison, Jim. "Handshakes Complicate Simple Greetings." [[Orlando Sentinel]], 1985-09-15, p. 6.</ref> There are variations on this theme, with additions of "to the side" and other hand positions for the partner to contact the initiator's hand.<ref>Elizabeth Tucker. ''Children's Folklore: A Handbook'', Greenwood Publishing Group, 2008. [https://books.google.com/books?id=7WVaMZAu2PEC&pg=PA55 p. 55]</ref>

<gallery mode=packed heights=150px>
HFE Too Slow 1.JPG|"Up high."
HFE Too Slow 2.JPG|"Down low."
HFE Too Slow 3.JPG|Victim misses.
HFE Too Slow 4.JPG|"Too slow!" (with optional [[Finger gun|finger-guns]])
</gallery>

The origin of the too slow variation has not been established, but the earliest documented instance is a 1982 news article in the ''[[Evansville Courier & Press]]''. A robot named Fubar interacted with customers: "'Gimme three brother' he tells a shopper as he extends a golden hand with that many fingers. Then with a rapid-fire retort he confuses the greeter with "Take It back! Up high! Down low! Too slow!"<ref>{{Cite news |last=Greer |first=Bill |date=February 24, 1982 |title=Gimme Three. For this wisecracking robot, clownin' around is mechanical |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evansville-courier-and-press-first-docum/96231656/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |work=[[Evansville Courier & Press]] |location=[[Evansville, Indiana]] |page=1}}</ref> Other notable sources have made reference to it; for example a 1983 journal is quoted as saying, "Whether we hammer, or hoe, whoop or holler, as they say, slap five up high, down low, you're too slow, we do it with the rhythmic motif that leads to harmony."<ref>{{cite journal |title=Too slow |journal=[[Journal of Transpersonal Psychology]] |date=1983 |volume=15-16 |page=176 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SBB9AAAAMAAJ }}</ref> The title song for ''Lay on Five'', a [[List of BBC children's television programmes|BBC children's television programme]] broadcast in 1985–86 featuring [[Floella Benjamin]], ended "..too slow to Lay on Five."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/9781|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528122245/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/9781|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 May 2009|title=Lay on Five|work=Film & TV Database|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|access-date=5 May 2012}}</ref> The too slow variation is in the 1987 film ''[[The Principal]]'' in a scene where Principal Rick Latimer ([[James Belushi]]) does it to Arturo Diego ([[Jacob Vargas]]).<ref>The too slow variation is in the official trailer of ''[[The Principal]]'' at 1 min 40 seconds. {{YouTube|id=8760ji7Ax1k|title=The Principal trailer}}</ref> In the ''New York Times'' archives, the earliest reference is from 1993 when [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] did it with the son of a film-crew member while on the set of ''[[Last Action Hero]]'', saying: "Let's have five. Five high. Five low," at which point Schwarzenegger pulled his hand away saying "Too slow." The boy reportedly laughed.<ref name="weinraub">[https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/04/garden/on-the-set-with-arnold-schwarzenegger-big-guy-big-star-big-deal-baby.html "ON THE SET WITH – Arnold Schwarzenegger; Big Guy. Big Star. Big Deal, Baby."], Bernard Weinraub, ''The New York Times'', March 4, 1993.</ref> Schwarzenegger did it originally in the 1991 film ''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]'', when John Connor ([[Edward Furlong]]) teaches the Terminator (Schwarzenegger) to "Gimme five. Up high, down low, too slow."<ref>''[[Terminator 2: Judgment Day]]'' (1991).</ref> In 2008, [[They Might Be Giants]] released the song "High Five!" on an album for children titled ''[[Here Come the 123s]]'', with lyrics "High five! Low five! Slap me five! Down low! Too slow!," a gesture described in the song as "old school"<ref>[http://www.lyricsmania.com/high_five!_lyrics_they_might_be_giants.html High Five!], lyrics</ref> a slang term usually meaning something from a prior generation.<ref>See "old school," ''The Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English'', Routledge, 2008. p. 713. {{ISBN|978-0-415-37182-7}}</ref> 

The rhyme bears a striking resemblance to a very old [[work song]], possibly medieval, used by blacksmiths to teach apprentices how to best operate a bellows in a way that maximized its efficiency by opening it fully and quickly, while closing it slowly. The didactic rhyme is "Up high. Down low. Up quick. Down slow; And that's the way to blow."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.harpenden-history.org.uk/page_id__111.aspx?path=0p2p46p |title=Rhymes from Hertfordshire |work=harpenden-history.org.uk |author=R. A. Salaman |date=1977 |access-date=May 22, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/aboutbehaviorism00skin |page=[https://archive.org/details/aboutbehaviorism00skin/page/122/mode/2up 122] |title=About Behaviorism |publisher=Knopf |author=B. F. Skinner |author-link=B. F. Skinner |year=1974 |isbn=0394492013 }}</ref>

===Air five===
[[File:HFE Air Five.JPG|thumb|Two women engaging in an air five]]
An air five is a variation where the hands of the participants never actually touch, needing only line of sight to make the gesture.<ref>Torbjörn Lundmark. ''Tales of Hi and Bye: Greeting and Parting Rituals Around the World'', Cambridge University Press, 2009. [https://books.google.com/books?id=VgCRU2PEAawC&pg=PA73 p. 73]</ref> It has an advantage for participants who are otherwise too far apart to achieve physical contact at the moment of the gesture. The participants may simply pretend to high five, or add an imitation sound of hand slapping. Also known as the ''wi-five'', a mix of "wireless" and "high five" with a pun on [[Wi-Fi]], a wireless computer technology.<ref>Aaron Peckham. [https://books.google.com/books?id=hfSnYBEGnSwC&pg=PA248 Urban Dictionary: Freshest Street Slang Defined], Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2012. p. 248</ref><ref>Aaron Peckham. [https://books.google.com/books?id=u27ferHysRMC&pg=PA226 Mo' Urban Dictionary: Ridonkulous Street Slang Defined], Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2009. p. 226</ref>