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hankis by gorilla king September 21, 2009
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Polish Hankie
Using your hand as a handkerchief when you blow snot into it and then promptly flick it off toward the ground.
Polish Hankie by will bitten September 30, 2016
Tom Hanks Mode
The condition of your character in a video game (such as Rainbox 6 or Call of Duty) where your character is blinded and/or stunned by a flashbang. This causes you to:
1. See the world as if it's moving slowly
2. Hear a ringing in your ears
3. Have an image burned in your eyes
4. Have general disorientation and confusion
The phrase comes from Tom Hanks' role in Saving Private Ryan, in which his character is "stunned" by the battle (explosions, dead men, etc) during the invasion of Normandy in which he displays the above symptoms. In addition to calling this experiece "Tom Hanks Mode" you may also refer to this as "getting Tom Hanksed".
1. See the world as if it's moving slowly
2. Hear a ringing in your ears
3. Have an image burned in your eyes
4. Have general disorientation and confusion
The phrase comes from Tom Hanks' role in Saving Private Ryan, in which his character is "stunned" by the battle (explosions, dead men, etc) during the invasion of Normandy in which he displays the above symptoms. In addition to calling this experiece "Tom Hanks Mode" you may also refer to this as "getting Tom Hanksed".
Gamer 1: Dude, you didn't back me up!
Gamer 2: Sorry, man. I was in Tom Hanks Mode.
Gamer 1: You're just standing there, shoot someone!
Gamer 2: I just got Tom Hanksed, give me a break!
Gamer 2: Sorry, man. I was in Tom Hanks Mode.
Gamer 1: You're just standing there, shoot someone!
Gamer 2: I just got Tom Hanksed, give me a break!
Tom Hanks Mode by Zoniax January 29, 2008
hanisah
hanisah by FreakingGamer45 May 11, 2014
Harte-Hanks
Harte-Hanks by John Jacob Jingelheimer Schmit August 1, 2011
Tom Hanksing it
The act of attacking a superior enemy with an ineffectual weapon, usually in a video game. In reference to the scene in Saving Private Ryan where Tom Hanks fires his pistol at an oncoming tank.
Tom Hanksing it by Dutch441 November 7, 2012
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