Meaning of elbow shake | Babel Free

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Synonym of elbow bump (“touching of elbows as alternative to a handshake”).

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“Cholera spread⟳ can be reduced by modifying behaviour, especially handshakes. During the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014 people stopped shaking hands and used the “Ebola elbow shake⟳”.”

“Notwithstanding measures like⟳ the application of alcoholic cleanser (hand sanitizers), which has proved useful at every strategic entry point⟳ in the State House, staff members now resort to keeping a safe distance, rather than the hitherto warm handshake, and sometimes, generous hugs, to the now awkward ‘elbow shake⟳’ as a way of exchange⟳ of pleasantries.”

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