[Ads-l] Slight Antedating of "High-Five" (Noun and Verb)

[Shapiro, Fred]

high-five, n. (OED 1980 [25 Mar.])

1980 _Cincinnati Enquirer_ 23 Mar. C-1/4 (ProQuest)  Keeping wary eyes on last-second court action, Louisville's Darrell Griffith (right) and Wiley Brown exchange the "high five" along the bench.


high-five, v. (OED 1980 [8 Oct.])

1980 _Cincinnati Enquirer_ 18 Sept. E-1/5 (ProQuest)  Knight ... clapped machine-gun style on his approach into second base and again after making the turn at third, then high-fived everybody in sight.

Fred Shapiro


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