Research Tangent: digressing suddenly from one topic of discussion to run to the nearest internet source in order to thoroughly research information either to: (A) reinforce a particular point or (B) attempt to relieve oneself from ignorance. Can be either directly or indirectly relevant.
... a trend that is sweeping the nation! Because knowledge is power!
... a trend that is sweeping the nation! Because knowledge is power!
Example: She totally went off on a research tangent in the middle of a movie last night when she wasn’t sure if sodium thiopental was the same as sodium pentothal.
by Miss Evelyn Grey November 2, 2011
Get the Research Tangent mug.When using an online search engine, you see something more interesting that causes you to follow trails unrelated to what you came to search for. Sometimes you forget what you meant to look up in the first place.
Pete: Did you find those instructions on how to make functional battle spears from old rake handles?
Me: Uh, no. Sorry. I went on a search tangent and forgot. But check out these pix of Britney.
Me: Uh, no. Sorry. I went on a search tangent and forgot. But check out these pix of Britney.
by GT88 December 9, 2008
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While in the process of explaining something or in the middle of a conversation you drift off into a crazy tangent explaining it in excruciating detail to the point that you forget what you were talking ab...out in the first place.
Synonyms: ADHD, Taylor's way of confusing girls to sleep with him, Rambling, Beyond the point of Boredom, Taylor's #1 hobbie
Synonyms: ADHD, Taylor's way of confusing girls to sleep with him, Rambling, Beyond the point of Boredom, Taylor's #1 hobbie
Happy Birthday buddy, just wanted to make you feel special by making you famous by giving you your own phrase cause buying a star and naming it after you is too cliche, stars did you know that there is an infinite amount of stars in the sky, the light that we do see from the stars can be blocking stars that are even farther away or are being blocked to our vision by a star that is closer to us, sorry what was I talking about again? I just went on a Taylor Hollowell tangent.
by Dirk Montes August 23, 2011
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Get the go off on a tangent mug.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."
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
Get the stoner tangent mug.To click on one link and to be brought to that page, only to find another interesting link on that page and end up clicking on that. This is a common thing that happens on sites like wikipedia and imdb.
Todd got on a link tangent on wikipedia by starting to read about the Spotted Owl and ended up reading about Jackie Chan.
by dr_waffles February 6, 2010
Get the Link Tangent mug.When you ask Bhost something really minor and he turns it into a 40 minute long tangent that slowly saps the will to live out of everyone else present.
"Hey Bhost, what do you think of vinegar?"
"Well, I love vinegar for a variety of reasons, including...."
"Oh no. It's a bhost tangent."
"Well, I love vinegar for a variety of reasons, including...."
"Oh no. It's a bhost tangent."
by pi'erre November 20, 2020
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