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Used to describe something that is third in a list or classification system.

Follows on from primary and secondary.
'Tertiary education' in most countries refers to college or university education.
by phantom oddity October 13, 2005
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Mercury retrograde is the act of taking a shit whilst mooning one or more human beings. Your day can typically being going well, according to your horoscope, until you are forced into witnessing Mercury retrograde. Performing Mercury retrograde will often speed the astrological cycle forward for the individual performing the Mercury retrograde, bringing about happy and fruitful times to come.
As the sun sank down over the pier, the children fishing gazed in horror as the lard-ass on his flat bottom boat sent the lakeshore into Mercury retrograde.
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Things Douchebags say to thier ghetto friends to make them confused.
This blunt wrap is tertiary, i gots two more
by ill-sho-stoppa August 30, 2011
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in Strong Bad Email 207, entitled "too cool", after eight years from watching Senor Cardgage 's character video, people were cursed by saying this word randomly in a sentence with exaggerated lips
Strong Bad said, "Aaaah! You didn't just say-- (with lips and a voice nothing like his own) TERTIARY?!"
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Tart before the aftertaste and not bitter, yet unsubliminal
A really good example of tertiary candy is a really nice really really nice, warhead with that blue flavor.
by Verbaljewely July 08, 2020
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