1,000 yard stare

After a veteran from war comes home they often find themselves staring blankly into the horizon. The reason for this is that they spend so much time staring off into the distance looking for a target that they only have one consistent passive state of mind. And that is to stare.

These people can often be awakened from this dumbfounded state of mind by making a loud popping noise which will transfer them into a shell shock reflexive behavior causing them to dart around underneath furniture.

John: What's wrong with Jamal?

Jason: He's doing the 1,000 yard stare.. watch this...

*Jason pops a balloon*

*Jamal bashes his face on a table trying to dive under it*

by Chaostroll March 31, 2011

Swedish 1,000 yard stare syndrome

The Swedish 1,000-yard stare syndrome is developed when a mentally stable person is exposed to an individual with an extra chromosome for a long period until their mental mind combusts into flames. Upon this full mental death, they do a 1,000-yard stare into oblivion for 24 hours straight until they die from a lack of oxygen.

'Hey bro, did you hear what happened to Mark last week?'
'Yeah, he got Swedish 1,000 yard stare syndrome'

by sdsadasdasdasdasdasd December 6, 2023

1000 yard stare

A battlefield syndrome in which a soldier may become lost in thought due to stress from the fight. The 1000 Yard Stare is named such because the soldier may seem to be focusing on an object very far away, and may even become unresponsive to external stimuli. The phrase was coined during the Vietnam war.

Many soldiers are stuck in the 1000 Yard Stare after combat stress.

by ~Magic Marker May 13, 2007

1000 Yard Stare

The 1000 Yard Stare, or the 2000 Yard Stare, was a symptom of battlefield stress and exhaustion. It became named so during World War II, because the victim would become unresponsive and stare "a thousand yards off".

After the invasion of Peleiu, many Marines would fall victim to the 1000 Yard Stare after numerous days of endless combat.

by Captain Miller January 24, 2009

1000 yard stare

You'll find that the phrase was in fact koined during the Second World War and popularized when a painting of a Marine exhibiting the stare was accompanied by a notation to the effect that Marines referred to the look as a "two thousand yard stare". However, the stare itself has been known as long and man has engaged in persistent, long term combat that resulted in Battle Stress Disorder.

The Marine exhibited the 1000 yard stare typical of victims of PTSD.

by TB58 February 4, 2016

1000 yard stare

Staring into nothingness whilst one's mind is occupied or is completely empty.

Did you see Mario, he was doing the 1000 yard stare.

by anonymous February 18, 2022

1000 yard stare

a high impact sniper rifle in destiny widely used and considered the best pvp sniper

he got me with a 1000 yard stare

by brian epps August 18, 2016