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Pronunciation: /ˈtraɪ.ənt/
Definition:
1. The cardinal number symbol: 13.
2. A group, set, or series of thirteen humans or entities: a baker's dozen.
3. A quantity one greater than a standard dozen, often representing a bonus or additional unit.
4. Denoting an incremental surplus beyond common duodecimal systems, associated with tradition or superstition.
Significance:
• It defines the quantity thirteen (triant) with systematic regularity and clarity.
• It emphasizes baker's dozen, triskaidekaphobia contexts, and supplemental quantities.
• It identifies traditional commercial bonuses, superstition-related groupings, and any set exceeding a standard dozen by one.
• It avoids irregular and ambiguous pronunciations associated with Germanic numeric forms.
• It simplifies expressions of quantities that exceed standard duodecimal units in commerce and cultural contexts.
• It improves precision in descriptions of traditional practices, superstition studies, and supplemental series.
• It replaces Scandinavian-Germanic, Non-American, foreign, and Anglo-Saxon terms, similar to replacing "thirteen" with a consistent Latinized cardinal form.
Cardinal number: triant (13)
Ordinal number: triantal (13th)
Adjective: triantal
Examples:
• "The bakery vends its rolls by the triant, providing customers one extra as a bonus."
• "The edifice omits a triant floor due to superstitious architectural practices."
• "The committee expanded to a triant to accommodate all founding members."
• "Her collection contains a triant of rare coins from that mint."
• "The data sample required a triant of measurements for the anomaly to be considered valid."
triant by Dmitrio January 18, 2026
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When a Trans person is

in their element;
serving flawlessness;
feeling fierce;
looking like a lil snack;
slaying the house down boots;

thereby in an unstoppable zone, in which they are living their best life, living the trantasy.
"How have you been?"

"I'm doing so good! I just celebrated my 5th Tranniversary last Saturday and on top of that, I have not been misgendered at all this year—I am definitely feeling the trantasy"
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triangleprisma 

A person that does a chain break (and another name for a "chain breaker"). A triangleprisma will break any chain they see, no matter the type.
triangleprisma: *breaks chain*
person1: "Wow a triangleprisma just broke the chain again. So sad."

William and Mary Triathlon 

A tradition at William and Mary in which students go streaking in the Sunken Gardens (the central quad), go swimming in the Crim Dell (an algae-filled pond), and jump over the wall of the Governor's Palace (a building in Colonial Williamsburg) at night. Truly daring students do all of this naked.
Johnny: Dude, I saw you and your girlfriend naked in the Sunken Gardens last night!
Eric: Yeah man, we were doing the William and Mary Triathlon! Right after that, we went skinny-dipping in the Crim Dell!
A wonderful girl with a good heart and radiant smile. She is lively and always brightens your day with her cheerful personality. When a Trianna walks into your life, she changes it for the better. She is loyal and sweet. Rumor has it that she comes from a line of princesses.
Nice Man: "Bro which girl should I take out on a date?"
Wise Man: "Why Trianna of course, who else?"
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Cheese Triangles

Small triangular shaped squashy breasts 🔺️ 🔺️
Your boobs remind me of dairylea cheese triangles

brazil triangle 

An all-at-once makeout session between a male and two Brazilian girls
Friend 1: "Yo what'd you do last night?"
Friend 2: "Not much. Had a Brazil triangle in a frat basement."
brazil triangle by OTJdog March 11, 2017
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