The 'Crotch Handshake' or 'Friends Shaking Hands Through Pants Zipper' meme is a surreal image depicting two individuals engaged in a formal handshake, but with their arms extended through the open fly of their trousers. This bizarre and humorous visual first gained traction on social media platforms like Reddit and Twitter as a way to represent an intensely close, albeit highly questionable or 'cursed' level of agreement between two parties. It is often used to symbolize two groups or people coming together over niche, absurd, or incredibly specific shared interests that the rest of society might find strange. The meme's power lies in its shock value and the literal unzipping of formalities to reveal a deeper, albeit ridiculous, connection between friends.