# Sayings that aren't as old as you think they are **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [May 18, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sayings-that-arent-as-old-as-you-think-they-are/1001735 "2024-05-18T12:52:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 36
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2024, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sayings-that-arent-as-old-as-you-think-they-are/1001735/36 "2024-05-20T06:38:23Z")
I started a thread on a similar topic years ago when I found out that the high-five only originated sometime around 1980. > [@Is the "high five" really as new as Wikipedia says?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-high-five-really-as-new-as-wikipedia-says/815123): > > I was born in 1982. My entire life, the act of stretching out your palm and slapping another person’s similarly outstretched palm has been something I’ve understood as a mutual show of respect or appreciation. You high-five someone because they’ve done a good job, or you’ve done a good job as a team, or something good has happened to the both of you and you want to celebrate it. To me, it seems ancient, one of those universal human gestures that has existed from Time Immemorial. When I see babie… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sayings-that-arent-as-old-as-you-think-they-are/1001735)._