Trauma Salute

A hand gesture used to cover one's eyes when something traumatic, awkward, embarrassing, etc. just happened.

To preform the Trauma Salute, make your hand flat and bring your hand to your head like a normal salute. This is where we deviate from a normal salute to the Trauma Salute. Position your hand above your eyes, perpendicular to your forehead. Tilt your hand slightly downwards to cover your eyes. Finally, turn around and walk away from the incident.

1. There was an accident in the parking lot, I gave them the Trauma Salute and said "Not my problem!".
2. Mark just got dumped in front of everyone at the bar, I gave the man a Trauma Salute.

by ACEstrigon009 January 01, 2018

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Irish Salute

The act of your elbow slipping off the bar with a drink in your hand and not spilling a drop

After his drink he gave a Irish salute

by gigganigga December 25, 2017

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German salute

When you stand up with a raging boner

Yo that guys doing a German salute

by Orbert November 07, 2021

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Four Fingers Salute

This is the new hand symbol/gesture now used by literal nazis, as a another way of doing the “Sieg Heil”, or “Hitler Salute”. Once again, this gesture was originally not associated with Nazism and instead had several meanings with relationships, sports games, etc; however, in recent times neo-nazis and other far-right nationalists have been adopting new ways of dog whistling their message, and have now distorted this finger gesture.

The man did a four fingers salute; no one realized the true meaning of what he did.

by PeanutJam91 July 15, 2024

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