An agreement between individuals wherein the last surviving participant inherits all of the assets from each member. Alternatively, the assets may be split evenly among each of the surviving members after a certain period of time.
To decide who would inherit our father's mansion, my brothers and I entered into a tontine. Only two of us remain.
by Nine Iron June 6, 2005
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by thejson October 1, 2014
Get the Tonying mug.A Tone Troll is a form of internet troll focusing on the tone of arguments. A Tone Troll will typically express great consternation and offense at the style of an argument, as a way of distracting from the actual content.
This is done deliberately as a way to derail arguments; the Tone Troll prefers to muddy the issue by changing the subject diverts attention away from the merit of the argument itself and unto the specific words being used to advance it.
This is done deliberately as a way to derail arguments; the Tone Troll prefers to muddy the issue by changing the subject diverts attention away from the merit of the argument itself and unto the specific words being used to advance it.
Commenter: I think killing people because they're gay is wrong, goddammit.
Tone Troll: How dare you use a dirty word like that! Have you no shame? I demand an apology.
Commenter: Don't you think the fact that people are being killed is slightly more important than whether I said a naughty word?
Tone Troll: Why should I listen to anything you say when you're using such filthy language?
Commenter: Okay, sorry, but what about my argument?
Tone Troll: I'm entirely too upset to continue this discussion. I think you should be more careful what you say in the future.
Tone Troll: How dare you use a dirty word like that! Have you no shame? I demand an apology.
Commenter: Don't you think the fact that people are being killed is slightly more important than whether I said a naughty word?
Tone Troll: Why should I listen to anything you say when you're using such filthy language?
Commenter: Okay, sorry, but what about my argument?
Tone Troll: I'm entirely too upset to continue this discussion. I think you should be more careful what you say in the future.
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by the mystery one December 28, 2011
Get the Tony mug.Bromp's def. is defo on the right track – the Turd Way is indeed The Tony Blair Legacy. He rightly defines this grinning politician in designer clothing with a designer turd clogging the works. But may I suggest that he worked the word Turd to a greater effect, by associating it with Blair's election ticket in 1997 as the harbinger of the Third Way: i.e a typical power-mad politico, who wants to be all things to all men left/right/black/white & centre, who will do literally anything to get elected, even changing religion probably at the instigation of his mad grinning ugly wife in order to be electable as Pres. of the new EU vatican. The Tony Blair Legacy is like The Turd Way.
Bert - “What d'you think of this Barak Obama's chances then – he promises a lot, don't he?”
Sid - “Dunno, Bert, but he might just be part of The Tony Blair Legacy ..”
Sid - “Dunno, Bert, but he might just be part of The Tony Blair Legacy ..”
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