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tangenital

When someone is speaking, goes off on a tangent and realises they are talking bollox/balls.
Dave went tangenital last night when trying to describe xyz...
by daveodonohue December 17, 2008
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Tangentacide

When a person goes of on a tangent and completely destroys the conversation or atmosphere.
You are having a nice evening down the pub and you are explaining to the assembled crowd of friends something exciting or retelling an old story and you wander off on a massive tangent which at the end has either offended, confused, alienated or stunned your friends into a silence as they contemplate your mental health. Or one of your friends does that.

That is Tangentacide. Often followed by people sneaking away from the table, needing the toilet or finding out their friends are in dire trouble and they must leave.
by matthaisz October 10, 2010
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trigenital nostalgia

1. A condition encountered by elderly gentleman who are reminiscing about having 3 testicles earlier in life prior to a tragic accident involving a sheep and 7 gingers.
2. The feeling of recalling pleasant memories of a previous 3 way sexual encounter. This encounter may or may not have involved sheep or gingers.
Uncle Alex drank half a fifth last night and had a serious case of Trigenital Nostalgia
by General McTaint March 1, 2019
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Transgenital

TRANs Jenny-tall; as opposed to ‘transgential’ which means you cannot stay on topic- transgenital refers to the genitals of a specific transgender person who is in the process of gender re-assignment.
“That girl in the short skirt went up the stairs and when I looked up I realised she was in fact transgenital.”
by Gina P December 23, 2019
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tangential search

1. Do a search
2. Notice an interesting result only somewhat related to your actual search.
3. Search on the new term.
4. goto 2.

Following interesting results from a given search to the point of getting lost in interesting results from search engines for hours. Often results in porn results withing a Kevin Bacon step envelope.
Search: how to get cat urine stains out of a leather couch.
Result: ***&&$&@#((#&$$&*%%&(^#

You: "Wow, I've never heard of THAT fetish, I'll just search on it to find out more..."

and aawway you go! You've just started a tangential search.
by Rev.Slade February 3, 2010
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Tangentialist

Someone who agrees to do something specific but becomes distracted and goes off in all directions, like Captain Wrongway Peachfuzz
He agreed to take out the trash but then he, being a tangentialist, went through the trash instead, focusing intently on each item, having decided that YOU don't know what constitutes trash, and that he needs to decide.

He micromanages by being a tangentialist, spiraling Brainiac style into the project - trouble is, he misses the target. By a country mile.
by The debil October 31, 2013
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tangentation

n. 1. the process or act of going on a tangent. 2. going way the fuck off of the original topic of conversation. 3. does this motherfucker know what we are talking about?
Person A: "Did you ever wonder how babies are made? It seems so simple, yet so complex."

Person B: "Dude, I know what you mean. My beer bottle just broke and I don't know why. I didn't think being a drunk could be so complex."

Person A: "What the fuck are you talking about?"

Person B: "Why are beer bottles so complex, and why do they lead to the birth of unwanted children?"

Person A: "Why must you go off on such a tangentation?"

Person B: "That reminds me, I accidently threw my red shirt in with the whites."
by Brian Bolek February 17, 2008
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