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tnettenba 

A non(sense)-word made famous on the British TV sitcom "The IT Crowd." (Series 4, episode 3.) Moss is playing Countdown (a British game show), and his nine letters on the board show: TNETTENBA. He claims all nine letters, and remarks that they are already in the correct order. When asked to use tnettenba in a sentence, he says...
Good morning, that's a nice tnettenba.
tnettenba by harddavid March 6, 2011
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Can be used in a sentence similar to the one below.
Good morning, that's a nice tnetennba
Tnetennba by allylooby July 7, 2010
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n. (tuh.net.un.bar)

A word used by Maurice Moss in the Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd, whilst appearing on a fictional edition of the popular daytime game show 'Countdown.' There are no known uses of the word, prior to the IT Crowd.
Good Morning, that's a nice tnetennba.
Tnetennba by Mr. Randomer July 7, 2010
A type of blouse introduced in the late 20th century by Icelandic fashion designer Lineham Grahamstrom. It was inspired by older 18th century style of outerwear often used by both men and women of Nordic Ayoade clan for fishing, boating, and whoring out after a night of binge drinking.

David Bowie once wore one of these at a Ziggy Stardust concert.
Good morning! That's a nice tnetennba.
tnetennba by jedivulcan July 7, 2010

Tnnetenba 

Coined by Moss from the IT Crowd.

A random word used to describe something a person owns.

E.g. a scarf.
Good morning. That's a nice tnnetenba
One who looks up words which have been artificially created for the purpose of fiction or comedy.
I've just realised that I'm a Tnetennba.
TNETENNBA by JB42 July 5, 2010
A 9 letter word, made famous by British comedy "The IT Crowd". Good for games of Countdown.
Good morning, that's a nice tnetennba
TNETENNBA by uberhellie July 10, 2010
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