- Hat tip
A Hat tip is a cultural expression of recognition,
respect ,gratitude ,greeting , or simple acknowledgement between two persons. In Western societies of the 19th and early 20th centuries, a hat tip was a common non-verbal greeting between friends or acquaintences while walking on a sidewalk or meeting at a social gathering. Typically, two men (feminine hat tipping was rare) would lift or tip their hats to each other, rather than exchange words of greeting. Where the ritual was used to emphasizesocial distance , the inferior was obliged to make the more elaborate gesture, for example fully removing his hat while the superior merely touched his. The military hand salute is thought to have originated as a stylized hat tip.More recently, the term "hat tip" (often abbreviated to "HT") is used in the
blogosphere to acknowledge someone who has made a significant contribution toward an effort, or someone who drew attention to something new or interesting. Theon-line versions of the "Wall Street Journal " and the "New York Times " regularly give hat tips to users who bring ideas for articles to their attention.ee also
* Forms of greeting
* Salutation
*Gesture
*List of gestures
*Respect External links
* [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hat+tip Hat tip defined at Urban Dictionary.com]
* [http://www.wikihow.com/Tip-Your-Hat-at-Someone How to tip your hat to someone at Wikihow.com]
* [http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/04/21/univ-of-cincinatti-psychiatrist-under-more-scrutiny-over-funding/?mod=WSJBlog?mod=relevancy An example of a Wall Street Journal article with a hat tip noted to a user]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE5DA1E31F931A15752C1A9619C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all New York Times sports writer Dave Anderson tips his hat to admirable people in sports]
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