handshakecraft
/ˈhændʃeɪkˌkrɑːft/nounVerified NewThe staged engineering of leaders' greetings — grip, angle, duration, the second hand on the forearm — for the cameras.
Body language teams rehearse the encounter, and stills agencies crop the winner. The handshake is the summit's press release, composed in wrists.
Etym. — handshake + craft: diplomacy's oldest gesture, revealed as set design.
Rel. — boothmercy
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