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Tangent

To "go off on one".... To rant aimlessly, or even aimfully but never stick to one topic.

When shiney new words, information and concepts distract you in conversations or in writing.

When you're interested in everything all at once.

Common to, but not specific to ADD or ADHD; but also personality.
Murph: "heeeey girl.... Do you remember that perfume we used to wear in high school? Gosh what was it called?!"

TangentGirl: "ooooh yeah! It was also called wild lagoon by Coty, the base note was vetiver essential oil, but did you know these other 20 perfumes we like have that same base note! Oh here's a recipe for making your own perfume, oh did you know that there's a word for having a fetish about smells, ooooh or that the guy who made that used to work for Chanel, oooh remember when we used to buy that other one too, oh or fake version of CK1, and then remember at prom the first dance song was Words by Boyzone... And I had curly hair.... Gosh.... don't you miss walks along the coast at night coming home from that nightclub without our shoes on?"

Murph: "...............”

TangentGirl: "Murph.....?”

Murph: "Um.... So it's called Wild Lagoon then?"

TangentGirl: "oh god no... That was just in Europe, it's called Monsoon by Coty"

Murph: "Mmmm-K.... Imma gunna go eat dinner now... Breakfast has gone cold"

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by CombustibleTangents June 13, 2020
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tangina

Possibly, one of the most wonderful word ever invented.
Tangina is the word that unfailingly expresses every feeling and word inside your heart.
"Mary, I love you."
"Putangina!"

"There's a cockroach."
"Putangina!"

"Stop writing and pass the paper."
"Putangina!"
by Asdfghjkl pinoy March 22, 2012
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Related Words

tangina mong gago ka

"Tangina mong gago ka" is a phrase in the Philippines.

It means that you're admiring your feelings to someone you truly love.

So when you like someone say "tangina mong gago ka" that's they way you Express your feelings here in the Philippines.
"Hey, I just wanna say tangina mong gago ka"
"Really??? Omg tangina mong gago ka din."
by Choi beomgyu 010 December 12, 2021
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Tangina

Tangina mo budangle
by W4RREN January 27, 2021
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Tangent Sufferer

Someone who suffers from uncontrollable tangents when regaling others with a fantastical or mundane tale. Someone who only plans on telling story "W", but in the process has also told you story "T" and "F". The additions can be engaging or enraging but should never be discouraged.
1: Theodore Evelyn "Ted" Mosby was a tangent sufferer for for about nine seasons.

2. A:Did you listen to the Joe Thomas episode on the Off Menu podcast? He is such a tangent sufferer.

B: Is that the one with James Acaster?

A: Yes, him too.
by Tangent Sufferer July 13, 2020
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Tanginamo

is a very nice words to say when your around near filipinos. It means thank you excuse me, please,goodluck,

etc.
Can you move tanginamo? Youre in my way
Study well!Tanginamo
by fgbdrklvssnndfn August 29, 2018
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Taylor Hollowell Tangent

While in the process of explaining something or in the middle of a conversation you drift off into a crazy tangent explaining it in excruciating detail to the point that you forget what you were talking ab...out in the first place.

Synonyms: ADHD, Taylor's way of confusing girls to sleep with him, Rambling, Beyond the point of Boredom, Taylor's #1 hobbie
Happy Birthday buddy, just wanted to make you feel special by making you famous by giving you your own phrase cause buying a star and naming it after you is too cliche, stars did you know that there is an infinite amount of stars in the sky, the light that we do see from the stars can be blocking stars that are even farther away or are being blocked to our vision by a star that is closer to us, sorry what was I talking about again? I just went on a Taylor Hollowell tangent.
by Dirk Montes August 23, 2011
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