by ryvnwue June 11, 2022
Someone who idealises military pageantry, communist iconography, and milatary strength including tanks in favour of a far left-wing communist/socialist regime to a borderline fascistic degree.
by Captain_Flare December 13, 2019
Your average person in the former USSR who grew up with a Soviet, communist mentality. Typically an old, middle aged boomer who likes watching cringy Russian bandit movies in their spare time who just wants to go back to how it was in their childhood.
Tankies are usually very for strict gender roles and patriarchy, homophobic, and ableist (unless it's a: narcissist, alcoholic, psychopath, or some other harmful disability).
They also hate technology and think GPS navigation makes people retarded, and really hate swearing and children enjoying anything edgier than Dora the Explorer (I.e SpongeBob)
Despite being raised atheist, they're usually into Islam or Christianity on a surface level, depending on what former Soviet country do they come from. They also typically encourage narcissist-like behavior and assholery in people.
Authentic tankies that aren't LARPers on weird political circlejerk communities aren't commonly found outside former USSR countries.
Tankies are usually very for strict gender roles and patriarchy, homophobic, and ableist (unless it's a: narcissist, alcoholic, psychopath, or some other harmful disability).
They also hate technology and think GPS navigation makes people retarded, and really hate swearing and children enjoying anything edgier than Dora the Explorer (I.e SpongeBob)
Despite being raised atheist, they're usually into Islam or Christianity on a surface level, depending on what former Soviet country do they come from. They also typically encourage narcissist-like behavior and assholery in people.
Authentic tankies that aren't LARPers on weird political circlejerk communities aren't commonly found outside former USSR countries.
Matvey: My tankie dad forces us to use outdated maps whenever we go on road trips because he thinks GPS is bourgeois and would make us retarded!
Olga, his friend: Oh, and my tankie mom doesn't let me watch SpongeBob because she thinks it's too bourgeois and would make my brain shrink!
Olga, his friend: Oh, and my tankie mom doesn't let me watch SpongeBob because she thinks it's too bourgeois and would make my brain shrink!
by xx_SteamedHams_xx September 12, 2023
by AFuckingAnomalyOnUrban July 25, 2022
A person who thinks war is cool and descends into the devious act of communism in order to act upon that interest
by drunkenmidget March 14, 2022
A young male, usually between the ages of 13 and 21 who spends way to much time on reddit and 4chan, and who is a strong supporter of communism, especially the soviet union because it sounds nice and has a cool national anthem. Will also go out of there way to find reasons why the USSR is (was) cooler than the U.S.
Similar to commieboo
Similar to commieboo
Person #1: Wow, did you know 70 million people died in communist china?
Person #2: But that wasn't real communism!
Person #1: Shut up tankie
Person #2: But that wasn't real communism!
Person #1: Shut up tankie
by Toad_ie December 17, 2019
"Tankie" refers to principled Communists who have the balls to support and carry on the tradition of supporting revolunarys across the globe instead of LARPers who's "Leftist activism" begins and ends at screaming "b-B-but nOoOt rEaL cOmmUnisM"
It is used mostly in online spaces by self-proclaimed "anarchists" (read: anti-communists and Liberals who like dressing their slogans in rosy sounding language draping them in red and black)
It is used mostly in online spaces by self-proclaimed "anarchists" (read: anti-communists and Liberals who like dressing their slogans in rosy sounding language draping them in red and black)
by Left12 October 21, 2020