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Targhetto 

A Target department store that is looking run-down, ghetto or otherwise trashy. The parking lot usually features abandoned shopping carts, litter and crappy cars.
Yeah, I need to pick up a few things, but I'd rather wait until I go into the city. I don't want to deal with Targhetto today. Let's drive into Delafield tomorrow. Super Target is much better retail therapy.
Targhetto by a red-haired girl October 29, 2006

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.
tangential search by Rev.Slade February 3, 2010

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.
Tangentialist by The debil October 31, 2013

Tangentine

The combination of tangerine and clementine to settle the different opinions of whether it's a tangerine or clementine.
Can you get me a tangentine.
Tangentine by payam 35 November 30, 2006

tangenticize 

1. to make tangential
2. riddled with tangents
This message board thread is too tangenticized.
tangenticize by zen-master July 21, 2004

Tangential vigilantes 

A group intent on refraining from introducing a subject utterly irrelevant and unrelated to the conversation already in progress. Two or more people determined to curtail comments made by a clueless third party that take a hard detour from the topic being discussed.
Even though they were Tangential Vigilantes, I could not follow what the fuck they were taking about.
Tangential vigilantes by Zkeballer January 24, 2023