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\'tam•bay\
also "istambay"
Filipino slang.
origin: English "standby"

: a jobless person who loiters around the street.

: a loiterer; a lollygagger

Tambays are not necessarily jobless. They could be a low-income person who's only hobby is to bum around the street corner.
Juan is just a tambay and he hasn't been looking for a job.
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A beautiful young and sexy woman, usually with a dancers body. Very intelligent and sweet hearted. Most empathetic woman you will meet in this lifetime.
Hey have you met Tamalyn?
Yeah dude, she is so sweet. She asked if so needed more beer. And then she brought me two!
tamalyn by Sparticus91 January 17, 2014
Tamlyn is a very sweet person, she's funny talkative and adventurous but she is also very shy so it might take her a while to become close to her.
She's not like the other girls who dress up like sluts she likes to dress practically but yet cute but because of this she doesn't get much attention from boys Wich in turn makes her very self conscious.
Person A: u know Tamlyn?
Person B: yeh. She's kinda quiet I don't really talk to her much.
Person A: DUUUUDE! She's so fukin funny once u get to know her she's super nice to
Tamlyn by 😇😈😻 November 14, 2018
A breed of human made of pure amazingness. Seeing, hearing, tasting, touching, smelling any sort of Tamlyn-like thing with cause a severe brain implosion. The only way to combat the awesomeness of a Tamlyn is with shitty Rage Against the Machine music, though in most cases it only angers the Tamlyn and does not stop it. To placate a Tamlyn you must feed it delicious food and hand over all valuables.
"Hey is that awesome or what?"
"Yeah, but oh SHIT, is that a Tam-"
BOOOOOOOOMPSHHHHHH. *Brain implosion*
"Yeah, that had to be a Tamlyn*
Tamlyn by JH Kristo. January 19, 2009

Brick Tambland 

A cognitively challenged weather reporter on the Chanel 4 news team. He has an IQ of 48 and wants to know what love is more than anything in the world. He also has a very high vioce when singing "Afternoon Delight"
Brick: I stabbed a man with a trident in the heart. There were horses and a man on fire!
Ron" I was meaning to talk to you about that... You might want to find a safe house or a close relative. You are probably wanted for murder.
Brick Tambland by Ben P January 25, 2005
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