Da ultimate in parodied version of da cranky grammar-lesson term dat we all hated dealing wif in middle school; da teacher would probably have a major uptight hissy-fit (i.e., she would get really "tense") if any of her students made such a mockery of said word-type label. Here, it refers to a gala outdoor get-together whereby everyone hangs out in crappy camping-enclosures dat most folks would just walk right by (i.e., dey would have just "passed by these tents" to look for better-designed models to purchase) at da sporting-goods store, and where dey politely drink from containers wif straws or dispensing-spouts instead of just guzzlingly chugging said beverage-containers' contents in huge noisy messy gulps.
Da "Bionic Woman" star Jaime Sommers was known for being very easy-going and creatively "thinking outside da box" when it came to her teaching job (for example, she would often have her students arrange their desks in a circle to represent a cell or molecule), so if her pupils gigglingly asked to play a "visual pun" joke on her for April Fools Day to break up da monotany of English class, she'd likely be good-natured enough to allow dem to do so. I can imagine her astonishment, though, when --- after an extended "close you eyes and don't look" period while her mischievous "little rascals" were preparing said uproarious prank for her, she saw dat dey had fully transformed her classroom into a "passed-tents party-sipple" scene, complete wif an entire "community" of surplus-merchandise-level fabric-walled sleeping-structures and toddler-type enclosed drinking-glasses dat da students would all be imbibing water or juice from.
by QuacksO May 19, 2022
What a lot of the COVID testing sites look like. Some of these folks doing the testing would say their patients are testing their patience, but the ones really getting tested are the people that got in line for a test, a shot, or a (morale) booster.
No wonder people aren't going to the regular circus anymore, the circus split into numerous local branches when it came to town instead of one big top, and it has yet to pack up and leave town. Have you ever seen a circus tent in one town for this long?
by The Original Agahnim January 07, 2022
The people at the COVID test sites that look like circus tents might say that they are forced to deal with patients testing their patience, but really these folks in line for a test, a vaccine, or a (morale) booster aren't there because they want to be there in line, they are there because they were told they had too (though technically they weren't forced as in do this or die/get detained) and weren't told by anyone whether there were any other options than getting/staying in line at the nearest circus tent.
by The Original Agahnim January 07, 2022
by Michelle Dean July 15, 2003
by Polymerisation March 25, 2011
Trying to fart under the blanket in attempts to stink out the person you're sharing a blanket with gone horribly wrong.
A variation of Dutch Oven where shits instead of farts.
A variation of Dutch Oven where shits instead of farts.
by Jack Dang3r August 09, 2015
Its like "Camping Out" but you don't spend very much time inside the tent because there is too many people to fit in. Basically just turns into an all nighter with your mates around the tent.
Person 1: Are we going camping out?
Person 2: No. its tenting out
Why?
Person 2: Because there is no space
Person 1: What?
Person 2: No. its tenting out
Why?
Person 2: Because there is no space
Person 1: What?
by The Mad Twatter May 17, 2015