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The relationship to describe a person who you identify as not quite a friend, but not an acquaintance either. Someone who falls between being an acquaintance (not knowing them very well at all) and a friend (knowing them well and desiring to spend quality time with them). Often used in the relationship where one is a 'friend of a friend'.

Nickname - tanny
This woman I met through a mutual friend is really nice and we've gone out socially a few times, but she's more of a tancend than a friend.
Tancend by book a yacht July 9, 2016
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(Noun)
1.Things better left unsaid
2. Matters to be passed over in silence.
If there were an elephant in the room, that would be the tacenda. Unless you were in a zoo, I presume.
Tacenda by Blumdumgum May 1, 2014

Tangendicular 

A combination of the words 'tangent' and 'perpendicular'.
Synonyms: normal (in math calculus)
Noun: A straight line which is perpendicular to a tangent.
Adjective: A word to describe a line which is perpendicular to another line (usually a tangent)
Noun: 'That line is a tangendicular to that other line'
Adjective: 'Hey, that line's a bit tangendicular'
Tangendicular by Team-Rocket March 8, 2010

Tanscend 

1. To tan (or fake tan) to the extent necessary to become a cast member on "Jersey Shore"

2. To tan to an absurd level

3. To surpass another in tannage
Example 1:

Producer of Jersey Shore: I think he's tanscended to the level required for this show. What do you think?
Doctor: I think skin cancer.

Example 2:

Paul: She looks like a freaking orange, dude.
Scott: Yeah, she totally tanscended yesterday after she bought that gallon of self-tan.

Example 3:

Jessica: I've totally tanscended above, like, Amy's sad, white skin.
Emily: I think you, like, need to hit the, like, tanning salon for like five more hours first.
Tanscend by paradox45 July 13, 2011

Tacenda, spotlight, two, association, octothorpe, xertz, strangle, numinous, tessellate, acid 

If you want to freak out your friends, simply repeat this in a monotone voice!
"Hey James have you had a nice day?" "Tacenda, spotlight, two, association, octothorpe, xertz, strangle, numinous, tessellate, acid." "This is why you need mental help."
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