Mantis was a term used to describe a seemingly random genre of music. Mantis music is often seen a a renaming of the metal genre, seeing most of the songs that are classified as "mantis" have the exact same characteristics of metal songs. However, songs with a piano-focus (i.e. "Our House" by Madness, "100 Years" by Five for Fighting", "Allentown" by Billy Joel) are also considered mantis.

Etymology: David Schneider, a socialist revolutionary and film/music critic coined the term in 2005 to replace the term, "metal", which he felt sounded too lame in 21st-century society. It was derived from the insect, the praying mantis.

The action of sneaking up behind somebody and double scooping their nips from over their shoulders.

A slang term used to describe an extremely desirable object, outcome or proposition, usually where 'awesome', 'amazing' or 'incredible' will not suffice. Accompanied by reaching ones hand out, palm skyward and fingers slightly curved inwards, to reinforce the gesture.

Not to be confused with Praying Mantis.

Word decribing how a girl behaves towards guys. It can be used as a verb or as a noun.

The female praying mantis bites the head off a male during sex to encourage ejaculation. If a girl is being a mantis, or doing a mantis, she's going quickly from male to male, getting what she wants.

Zorak from Space Ghost

A mammoth 8 foot tall European with 6 foot long legs. He drives the “mantis mobile” which is the size of a small house. When he walks the ground shakes and he can go the distance of a football field in two steps.

A juicy blunt at 1/3 its original size. The size between a 'clip' and a 'roach'.

Word decribing how a girl behaves towards guys. It can be used as a verb or as a noun.

The female praying mantis bites the head off a male during sex to encourage ejaculation. If a girl is being a mantis, or doing a mantis, she's going quickly from male to male, getting what she wants.