Tangent

A tangent is a "computer". Except, not really. It will contently break, almost never work, and crash with the blue screen of death often. All at the University of Dayton wonder why they are required to use such terrible "things". A tangent is equivalent to a 1995 Gateway computer. It can not run windows Vista, yet it tries anyway. Often problems are windows explorer not working, sound deciding to stay on or off for an undetermined amount of time, dvd drives to not work, shut down not to be an option, screens to randomly shut off, hard drives to out of nowhere not know who you are, keys to break off, buttons not to work and such things.

It is also defined as a paper weight or a large expensive portable DVD player.

1. Hey welcome to UD here is your Tangent.
2. Damn it I still need to go buy a computer for college!
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Hey, lets go throw my tangent out the window and collect the insurance money on it!

by Tangent...ugh March 9, 2009

Tangency

a place where there has in all seriousness been a flamewar about bigfoot.

Peenar!
Nazis!
Pulp!
boobs!
Keetoms!
the Ghey!
Ignore list!
arsehole!

by Magpie April 30, 2004

tangential search

1. Do a search
2. Notice an interesting result only somewhat related to your actual search.
3. Search on the new term.
4. goto 2.

Following interesting results from a given search to the point of getting lost in interesting results from search engines for hours. Often results in porn results withing a Kevin Bacon step envelope.

Search: how to get cat urine stains out of a leather couch.
Result: ***&&$&@#((#&$$&*%%&(^#

You: "Wow, I've never heard of THAT fetish, I'll just search on it to find out more..."

and aawway you go! You've just started a tangential search.

by Rev.Slade February 3, 2010

Tangent Theory

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

Tangentialist

Someone who agrees to do something specific but becomes distracted and goes off in all directions, like Captain Wrongway Peachfuzz

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.

by The debil October 31, 2013

tangent-fag

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.

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.

by Etowaoi January 1, 2016

Tangent Line

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.

by RelativelyRetarded October 17, 2017