tangent parkour

The act of jumping from tangent to tangent in a conversation.

"Yeah we started talking about what to do this weekend and started doing tangent parkour, an hour later we were discussing quantum mechanics."

by DarkGod86 September 29, 2021

Tangent city

The place one goes to when going way off-subject.

"Pull over, you are well on your way to tangent city"

by foils August 11, 2009

Tangent lover

Tangent lover- is a tangible lover a person you need to touch to love

the lovers are in tangent to each other so they are Tangent lover

by _chris_ June 2, 2015

Tangent bell

A notional bell that is rung when a discussion has deviated from the intended point, or any useful tributary.

"Alrighty, I'm ringing the Tangent Bell, Heath Ledger's untimely demise has almost no relevance your annual performance review."

by Trish Via Steve August 22, 2008

Tangent Man

nickname from George W. Bush for Andrew Card

Tangent Man was a WH Chief of Staff for several years and went to the University of South Carolina-Columbia like Jordan Thomas Cooper did.

by Coop Dupe December 25, 2019

Tangent Man

nickname from George W. Bush for Andrew Card

Tangent Man endorsed SC AG Henry McMaster in 2010 in a primary against SC Rep. Nikki Haley which McMaster lost.

by Coop Dupe January 17, 2020

Tangent Trap

When an offhand comment said during conversation has danger of derailing the whole thing into talking about an entirely different topic.

Usually controversial, lures you in like bait then diverts your attention. It gets worse in group discussions.

Desmond: “So Eastside college is better because you get to choose what you wanna do of your own free will”

Isaac: “But what is ‘free will’ really? Does anyone really have it?”

Michael: “I dunno if you think about how we make decisions, they could already be determined by subconscious out of our control”

Desmond: “True, just because you feel like you’re choosing-”

Adé: “-NO! STOP! Don’t fall for the Tangent Trap! We were talking about good colleges.”

Desmond: “Oh yeah! I forgot”

by PityOnlyFools October 16, 2024