Kissing as a form of greeting or salutation has a long history in Western civilization, with references dating back to the Old Testament, the ancient Greeks and Romans, and the Germanic peoples.
Now more than ever, as Mr. Miller explained it, the card as a form of friendly greeting has taken on extra meaning as a gesture of bravado.
Another type of vessel was called the Welcome, a drinking vessel that was handed around as a form of greeting or when a toast was being drunk.
Keeping in touch with your network can be in the form of an email or greeting cards, depending on the culture of the company you interned/worked for or what your classmate or professor may prefer.
For instance, knowing that cats carry out this tail-up/rub ritual as a form of friendly greeting should influence the way cat owners interact with their pets, Bradshaw says.
Never mind the weirdness of your stomach suddenly becoming public property, with total strangers running up to rub your tummy, as if you were a giant Buddha statue (a good way to deal with that, I've found, is to rub their stomach right back, "And how are YOU feeling?", as if stomach rubbing were a new form of friendly greeting).
(2) In re your liberal paraphrasing of the remarks in the note wrapped around the rock hurled through your sister's bedroom window: In D.R.'s family of origin, "I love you" is a form of greeting, not unlike "Hello" and "Take a pew".
The witness, G. Alexander Jenkins, an entertainment lawyer and music producer, said the word's use in hip-hop lyrics has changed it into an identification and a form of greeting that transcends racial lines.
Will they try an even more direct form of diplomacy: greeting each other in person?
Head rubbing – nuzzling one's forehead, face and neck against another lion – appears to be a form of greeting, as it is seen often after an animal has been apart from others, or after a fight or confrontation.
