What British young people say when referring to excessively puff a cigarette, e-cigarette or spliff.
Dude 1: Bro, tan this real fast, you'll get mad niccy rush!
Dud 2: Ok pal.
by onecoolasguy April 11, 2019
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A Brittish person - Derived from brittish oppresion on the Irish over 600 years, where millions were killed in famine and slaughter and hundreds of thousands were forced to emegrate, to which the Irish population has never recoverd and has large amounts of barren lands througout the country. Irish population peaked at 12 million during Brittish oppresion. In 2006 the Irish population is 3.5 million.

Refers to the "Black and Tans" who were brittish criminals sent from jails over to the island of Ireland to rape, murder and "control" the Irish.
Britt: Hello good sir, we can put our history aside, after all, it's now "cool" to be Irish in our country and around the world.

Irish person: Fuck off you tan.
by ShamrockPaddy July 22, 2006
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T.A.N - Tough as Nails. A word used to describe anybody who is tough as nails. The following is a list of people who are considered to be tan. Chuck Norris, Keifer Sutherland, Regis Philtan, Jeff Lutes, Emilio Estevez, Anyone who struts and most of all... the original tanman.. darcy jones.
Darcy Jones is incredibly TAN when he enters a classroom.
by Jason Lirette May 4, 2006
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Just My Luck I Went To The Hood And Got A Damn TAN.
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To get a lift on the back of a bike.
It was used in the town Middlesbrough alot. Not sure if its still used that much these days.
billy - "Here mate, i need to go to the shop an' get some milk for our mam"
bobby - "Ah right, well il give ya a tan down if ya want. Jump on the back then ya dick'ed."
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Thot ass nigga. A male whore who can't stop fucking other females
D'shawn Johnson was fwm Kayla but still followed shay on Instagram and texting her like he's seriously one Tan
by kiki j July 22, 2017
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An enormously agressive word that use to insult your friend!
Don’ be a tan!!
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