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tan

I met a tan last year and we've been friends ever since.
by cory1234 February 7, 2009
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tanned

To tan something is to give it a good welly! Could be vandalism or violence.
Hey Maw, am goin oot tae tan some phone boxes! After which the phone box has been tanned.
by Kelly Coyle December 17, 2003
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tan

An stereotypical english person wearing union jack shorts, pissed up on cheap larger, and singing 'no surrender' and ruining the more picturesque squares of European cities.
A: Why don't you bleedin paddies support the England team then?

B: 600 years of oppression you tan cunt.
by bart September 23, 2004
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Tan

You can love Tan.
But you can't be with him.
He's your uncle.
Hi, Tan. I like you.
Sorry, you're my niece.
by Yelshaangelica June 10, 2021
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Tan

Tan (verb): the act of messing up in a big way; failure; the name of a supposed curse spawned by the pommel horse routine of gymnast Kevin Tan during the team competition at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, whose failure was so massive it has allegedly begun to plague other athletes.

"Tan Curse": Believed to have been caused by Kevin Tan's epic fail, so epic in fact that it is thought to have settled like a cloud over Beijing. Some people remain unaffected, and it's suspected that this is due to rubbing themselves against Michael Phelps in order to remove the fail they've been stained with.
Using "Tan" in a sentence: "OMG! Did you see that girl fall off the uneven bars? She tanned real bad."

People who have Tan in their name, and therefore are doomed to fail: Kevin Tan (the originator), Liam Tancock (finished last with "Tanada")

Synonyms: Besides "epic failure", it's argued that "Alicia" could be synonymous, named after the female gymnast who messed up pretty badly the next night. However, this is debatable since (1) her failure was not as epic and (2) in going with the "curse" theory, Tan's massive failure was such that it probably affected her performance, making it his fault, which is why she was briefly dubbed as "Alicia Tan" and "She-Tan." Also, Katie Hoff is the swimming world's "She-Tan" Other examples of those affected by the Tan curse are: Tyson Gay (Tanson Gay), Eamon Sullivan (Eamon Sullitan), Pang Jiaying (Tang Jiaying) Ara Abrahamian (Ara Abrahamitan) Fabian Hambüchen (Fabitan Hambüchen) Alain Bernard (Alain Bertand)
Milorad Cavic's coach, Brazil (Tanzil)

Antonyms: Win, Success, Phelps, May-Treanor/Walsh


"Tanada" is also a nickname for Canada, who, for much of the games, was one of the few developed nations without a single medal to their name. There is some debate as to whether or not this is appropriate as they were failing before Kevin Tan's major screw up. Some even go so far as to suggest it that Canada's failure is more massive than Kevin Tan's, since no man can fail harder than an entire country, and that perhaps, the curse is really the fault of Canada, and not one Kevin Tan. This is unlikely for two reasons: (1) Canada's fail is self-containing (2) Canada's fail is temporary, as it's accepted that they will own the planet at the Winter Olympics.
by fall of ilium October 12, 2008
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Tanning

im boutta go tanning outside in the hot sun cus its summer
by pimp chronicles April 20, 2011
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tan

a word for a hated english person by an irish person. the name comes from the corrupt "police force" sent over to Ireland during the War of Independence by the British Government...so called the Black and Tans because of their black and tan coloured uniform. They were not qualified policemen, but ignorant rapist murderers. known as tans for short, they were hated by the irish people. Ireland suffered 800 years of oppression at the hands of the British Government until a truce was called in 1921. to this day even, any english person who pisses off an irish person is called a tan as an insult.
English Person: you're such a stupid irish paddy.

Irish person: fuck off you bastard tan, and go invade someone else's country.
by nosy nosey March 14, 2008
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