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The action of sneaking up behind somebody and double scooping their nips from over their shoulders.
Dude, I snuck up on Shitron last week and totally mantised him. It was fantastic.
by Shitron January 06, 2011
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Intelligence agency term for "psychological operation". A government or corporate-sponsored operation, usually taking the form of a "terrorist attack" or "crazed gunman on a spree", with the intent of panicking the public into demanding more police and laws inhibiting freedom. Psyops are usually carried out by drugging a civilian or group of civilians with aggression-promoting drugs, psyching them up, arming them, and sending them out to commit mayhem. Government-sponsored terrorism. See also blackshirts, conspiracy
Person A: Man, that nutcase Martin Bryant guy shot 35 people in Tasmania!

Person B: No, he wasn't a nutcase, that was just a psyop so the government could have an excuse to ban guns.
by Mystikan April 11, 2006
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A derogatory slur used toward older Asian people.
1) "Dude, I think you just got ripped of by that asian shop keeper."
"Oh damn what a Mantis."

2) "I was going to steal that packet of ramen noodles from the old Asian guys grocery store"
"That guy is like a Mantis you know he'll Kung fu your arse"
by vix49 February 10, 2014
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coniated by A.R.M.Ys (BTS Fandom) it's an abbraviation of “Manager antis”.
the Fans who claim to be fan by constantly try direct every move made by BTS and constantly criticize their promotion from the company akting they are their manegers.. and as they know everything behind the scenes.
They scream about lack of promo/lines/screentime and they think that they know better than people who work for BTS and the members themself.
"Mantis are going to be mad, Jin said he doesnt follow what the company say, they are not going to like it"
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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.
Did you see Jess and Steve? He bought her dinner and a necklace and she dumped him. She totally did a mantis.

Krystle fucked three guys this weekend. What a mantis.
by Annamonkey July 16, 2006
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a word to describe something cool or of excitement
pfft....dude thats mantis

im really mantis
by walter March 15, 2005
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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.
"man that guitar solo is Mantis!"

"Did you hear about Tondi's new 6 cylinder car; it's freakin' Mantis!"

"How was that 1 kilo steak you had for dinner last night?"
"Mantis!"

"She gave me a hummer....Mantis!"
by Scooby Smithers December 08, 2011
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