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  • Journalists' jargon for a long, stagey handshake done by two politicians.

    April 6, 2008

  • "Mike Bowers has been down shooting pool pictures for the Xi visit. Here’s a sample.

    Might be just me but I did a small recoil at the grip and grin. More like a grimace from the prime minister."

    - Katharine Murphy, The Guardian, 17 Nov 2014.

    November 17, 2014