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thousand-yard stare
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(Noun) The unfocused stare of traumatized people - as if they were looking at nothing, or at least something a thousand yards away. Originally used to describe military personnel traumatized by the horrors of fierce combat - but the usage has broadened to describe more commonplace events.Usage: Iwo Jima combatants often had a thousand-year stare, but much more prosaically, a person might feign a "thousand-yard stare" to pretend not to notice someone he/she doesn't want to notice.
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