Glad hands named how?

The term "Glad Handing" originally meant "clasping" or shaking hands, such as a Politician does.
"Glad hands" resemble two hands clasping and that is how they got their name. But I am not sure who coined the phrase.

 

cause your gonna be GLAD you got those suckers hooked up when you hit the brakes!

 

I was feeling much better about my glad hands working and not falling apart on me til seeing where the meaning came from

 

Actually, I didn't go into detail on the definition.
The part I omitted was that "Glad-Handing" generally meant insincerity or half-heartedness on the part of the Politician who is shaking hands.
That just about describes politicians, doesn't it?

 

I have seen "glad hands" used as a common expression as far back as 1965 in old company literature laying around office...


dunno...

 

The phrase goes back to the early use of air brakes on the rail roads.

 

That is correct.

 

Hmmm....and I thought a glad hand was just an overly-happy truck driver...whodathunkit?

 

And I thought it was a CB term.
"Hand" Like,

I JUST GOT A RAISE IN PAY!

Well,...............I'm GLAD, HAND.

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