Search results for 'tan':

tanach (noun) : the five books of moses in the jewish scripture

Submitted by: Anonymous on Jan. 16, 2006 22:04

Tanay (adjective) : Simply irresistable, smooth with the ladies, very chic.

Hes so tanay that it is crazy —Jill, Old english document, 1885

Submitted by: weer from Uganda on Feb. 13, 2006 04:12

Tandem (noun) : Language partnership among usually two people in which they swap languages to learn and improve their command of a language.

Dialog: -Oh, man I am late for my tandem. -Who is it this time? -She is a Spanish chick from Salamanca.

Submitted by: eugeni from Spain on Nov. 17, 2005 06:21

Tandy (adjective) : "The quality of being strong to be loved." -Anderson

"It is because of her defeats that she is to me the lovely one. Out of her defeats has been born a new quality in woman. I have a name for it. I call it Tandy... It is the quality of being strong to be loved. It is somethign men need from women that they do not get." —Sherwood Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio, 1919

Submitted by: Alex Kent from New York on Jun. 08, 2006 20:53

tangenate (verb) : to go off on a tangent

"We were trying to focus on the financials, but Bill kept tangenating."

Submitted by: Alan Cavrell from Michigan on Oct. 02, 2008 11:53

tangent (verb) : to introduce an unrelated topic into a discussion; to tell stories unrelated to the topic of discussion

There will be no tangenting in this class; we have too much material to cover.

Submitted by: Laila from Canada on Aug. 11, 2006 13:04

tangenteer (noun) : one who goes on tangents while speaking or writing

Our professor is such a tangenteer that we never stay on the original topic more than five minutes.

Submitted by: James Campbell from Tennessee on Oct. 29, 2008 20:40

tangential research (noun) : information gathered about related topics while carefully gathering details about another subject

Continuing research for a thesis, the researcher collected indirectly related information about additional topics through tangential research.

Submitted by: Jack from California on Aug. 24, 2007 17:47

tanger (noun) : A person who has a noticible effect on others.

The word tanger was found in the O.E.D. —Oxford English Dictionary -shorter version

Submitted by: Garland from South Carolina on Oct. 03, 2007 00:28

tangilize (verb) : to make tangible

Submitted by: Seth Goodman from Arizona on Oct. 02, 2009 15:39

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