Get the Tens mug.the numbers from 10 to 19, esp. the second decade of a century or of a person's life. (i.e. the years 2010 through 2019.)
The American economy began to flourish again in the tens, an era that represented a fresh start for the United States.
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Get the tens mug.by Aidan Brooks June 7, 2005
Get the Tens mug.What listeners of the Seattle-based podcast Too Beautiful to Live (TBTL) are called and what they call themselves. Stemming from the early days of TBTL as a radio show on Seattle's KIRO when the host, Luke Burbank, would refer to the "literally tens of listeners," instead of hundreds or thousands. This title has since been adopted by the listeners and is now often prefaced with a town, region, or neighborhood or integrated into the name of a town, state, etc.
1. I listen to TBTL and I am therefore one of the Tens.
2. I am (your name here) of the (Your Town Here) Tens.
3. BosTens (Boston Tens), Tenverites (Denver Tens), Ballard Tens, etc...
2. I am (your name here) of the (Your Town Here) Tens.
3. BosTens (Boston Tens), Tenverites (Denver Tens), Ballard Tens, etc...
by A Ten September 13, 2009
Get the Tens mug.This stands for Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation. It is used by sending an electrical current through particular parts of the body to block pain in chronic pain situations. Some people use this as a fetish object, where they use the TENS machine to shock various parts of themselves for pleasure (see electrophilia)
Ex1:
Football player: My back hurts.
Doctor: I'm going to put you on this TENS machine for a while, so that it will block the pain.
Ex2:
Sally: I like shocking myself.
Guy: WTF? Well, how do you do it?
Sally: I hook myself up to this TENS machine. It feels stronger than a violet wand, and I like it!
Football player: My back hurts.
Doctor: I'm going to put you on this TENS machine for a while, so that it will block the pain.
Ex2:
Sally: I like shocking myself.
Guy: WTF? Well, how do you do it?
Sally: I hook myself up to this TENS machine. It feels stronger than a violet wand, and I like it!
by Fractal-Pterodactyl July 22, 2012
Get the TENS mug.An automobile rim that is a pathetic ten inches in diameter as opposed to twenty. See twenties and dubs.
R: Yo, those wheels is shinin. Are those twenties?
J: No, they tens. But they clean as hell, though.
J: No, they tens. But they clean as hell, though.
by somestupidkid September 13, 2005
Get the Tens mug.Calling tens reserves one's seat on a couch or chair for ten minutes. Similar to fives and twenties.
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