Urban Tumbleweed

A plastic grocery bag blowing around the street.

When driving into the city, I saw an urban tumbleweed blow across the road.

by Polkadude February 6, 2013

Michigan Tumbleweed

A piece of trash like a newspaper or a plastic shopping bag that's blowing along the ground like a tumbleweed.

Bum 1: Hey man, I'm cold, where did my newspaper go?

Bum 2: It's a Michigan Tumbleweed now.

Bum 1: Shit.

by NinjaBoi2 May 4, 2009

Ghetto Tumbleweed

any combination of indigenous dead plant life tangled with discarded hair weave, typically of kankelon fibers.

I was standing on the corner waiting for a John and a ghetto tumbleweed crossed my path.

by JanWicked October 12, 2011

Texas tumbleweed

After receiving "road-head" the driver opens the passenger door and kicks the bitch out.

Look at that bitch on the side road, she must be Texas tumbleweed.

by Craig Keaton July 12, 2003

American Tumbleweed

A shopping bag of some sort (e.g. Target, Wal-Mart, etc.) that is blown down the street by the wind in a very dramatic fashion. Will probably pollute the world, but will do so in style.

Is that a trash bag?" "Naw man, it's an American tumbleweed.

by Textersations June 5, 2011

Glasgow tumbleweed

Pink and white striped or plain blue plastic bags used to buy alcohol from independent off-sales retailers. Discarded to the streets by the alcoholics who made the purchases to forever roam the streets like the plants they're named after.

Jim's cab just overheated because it run over a Glasgow tumbleweed and it got stuck to the grille.

by cowboyecosse July 4, 2014

Tacony Tumbleweed

A plastic bag

After 2:30 am on Frankford avenue, when the drunkards have settled for the night all that is seen is a sea of broken beer bottles and the constant flow of Tacony Tumbleweeds blowing down the street.

by RoDizzleYerNizzle September 28, 2015