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Jeremy Lin's Elaborate Handshake Becomes Minor "Linning" Meme
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Jen Chung
Published Feb 13, 2012
Modified Feb 13, 2012
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Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin—aka, the Most Linportant Basketball Player EVER (in the past week)—has really taken the city and nation by storm as balm for a struggling team and a lockout-bruised league. But is his elaborate, six-step handshake really a meme in the vein of planking or Tebowing?
We received an email about the website Linning.com ("Quite a bit of buzz building around the Harvard Campus"—Lin is a Harvard alum) which features people making the eyeglasses gestures—step five, for novices.
Via Linning.com
While it remains to be seen whether "Linning" actually takes off, just be comforted in knowing that Lin is inspired by Tim Tebow.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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