go off on a tangent

To suddenly start talking about a different subject

We were talking about property prices and you go off on a tangent.

by Motanul13 December 29, 2015

Tatenda

A Zimbabwean name for a male who is an attractive, well-proportioned, and imposing appearance suggestive of health and strength; good-looking:

wow that tatenda guy is the one i want to talk to

by muzimbo December 2, 2010

tangent

1. In mathematics, a function in trigonometry
2. To go off in a completely different subject

1. "The tangent5 of 45 is 1. The tangent of 60 is er..... er.... er...."
2. He went off in a tangent

by jiexi December 9, 2003

Tangent Terry

simply goin off on one in conversation. usually under the influence of some form of narcotic substance.

the possibilties are endless. e.g "money,what is money" off on a proper tangent terry.

by why tho December 7, 2009

stoner tangent

The out-of-nowhere tangent subject that comes up in the middle of a conversation between a group of people who smoke weed a lot.

Stoner 1: "So, last night was fun. I got really drunk."

Stoner 2: "Yeah. Do you ever think about what it would be like to be a duck?"

Stoner 1: "Dude. That was a total stoner tangent."

by BluntToMyLips March 31, 2009

Tentenships

When people have some kind of gathering like for sports or a concert which features a lot of tents and merriment. It comes from Tents And Shit but Tentenships is obviously more fun to say.

"Why all the tentenships outside the middle school?"
"I think there's a soccer game"
"Damn no one made tentenships like that for us back in the day"

by dinojr June 20, 2009

Tangentacide

When a person goes of on a tangent and completely destroys the conversation or atmosphere.

You are having a nice evening down the pub and you are explaining to the assembled crowd of friends something exciting or retelling an old story and you wander off on a massive tangent which at the end has either offended, confused, alienated or stunned your friends into a silence as they contemplate your mental health. Or one of your friends does that.

That is Tangentacide. Often followed by people sneaking away from the table, needing the toilet or finding out their friends are in dire trouble and they must leave.

by matthaisz October 10, 2010