The sending and receiving of similar brain waves with another. These invisible signals are incomprehensible to humans but are closest compared to 'tangents' in time and space and contribute to people thinking the same thing as others.
'Ashlinn picked up the phone to decide to call her sister Shaunnagh but as she began to dial her number, Shaunnagh was ringing her' - This can be explained by tangent theory
by MaynoothBioScience December 13, 2012
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He agreed to take out the trash but then he, being a tangentialist, went through the trash instead, focusing intently on each item, having decided that YOU don't know what constitutes trash, and that he needs to decide.
He micromanages by being a tangentialist, spiraling Brainiac style into the project - trouble is, he misses the target. By a country mile.
He micromanages by being a tangentialist, spiraling Brainiac style into the project - trouble is, he misses the target. By a country mile.
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1. (v) The act of changing the subject of an argument or debate so as to distract one's opponent or a third party from the point of the opponent's argument.
2. (v) To procrastinate or avoid fulfulling a request by steering the conversation off in a tangent.
3. (n) Someone who partakes in tangent-fagging.
2. (v) To procrastinate or avoid fulfulling a request by steering the conversation off in a tangent.
3. (n) Someone who partakes in tangent-fagging.
v: eg: Despite Dave's incessant tangent-fagging, John finally got his point across with the help of inertia and a very large baseball bat.
n: eg: Jamie wasn't going to push Oliver off the highway bridge, but Oliver was a tangent-fag so it didn't matter.
n: eg: Jamie wasn't going to push Oliver off the highway bridge, but Oliver was a tangent-fag so it didn't matter.
by Etowaoi January 1, 2016
Get the tangent-fag mug.Mathematically speaking, a tangent line to a curve is a line which would coincide with the stream of piss you would create if you were trying to pee on a toilet that was shaped like said curve, at 3 am while trying not to make noise.
-Okay kids, does anyone have any questions regarding tangent lines?
-Yea I don't get it.
-Then get the fuck out of my class you little cunt.
-Yea I don't get it.
-Then get the fuck out of my class you little cunt.
by RelativelyRetarded October 17, 2017
Get the Tangent Line mug.An annoying individual in his early thirties that acts like a 4 year old who is severly ADD and unable to complete a sentence. Talks in endless circles without ever making a point. Frequently jumps to a completely different topic in the middle of a statement. Very distracted like the dog in the movie "UP"....squirrel!!
Obsessed with talking about dropping a douma.
Obsessed with talking about dropping a douma.
by angryengineer March 25, 2011
Get the Walking Tangent mug.considering all the possible negative accompanying unattended cannonballs, please refrain from going on a wild tangent when you have a specific goal in mind that you want to achieve
by Sexydimma October 12, 2016
Get the wild tangent mug.n. 1. the process or act of going on a tangent. 2. going way the fuck off of the original topic of conversation. 3. does this motherfucker know what we are talking about?
Person A: "Did you ever wonder how babies are made? It seems so simple, yet so complex."
Person B: "Dude, I know what you mean. My beer bottle just broke and I don't know why. I didn't think being a drunk could be so complex."
Person A: "What the fuck are you talking about?"
Person B: "Why are beer bottles so complex, and why do they lead to the birth of unwanted children?"
Person A: "Why must you go off on such a tangentation?"
Person B: "That reminds me, I accidently threw my red shirt in with the whites."
Person B: "Dude, I know what you mean. My beer bottle just broke and I don't know why. I didn't think being a drunk could be so complex."
Person A: "What the fuck are you talking about?"
Person B: "Why are beer bottles so complex, and why do they lead to the birth of unwanted children?"
Person A: "Why must you go off on such a tangentation?"
Person B: "That reminds me, I accidently threw my red shirt in with the whites."
by Brian Bolek February 17, 2008
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