TANGENT

PRONUNCIATION: (TAN-juhnt)

MEANING: noun: 1. A line of thought or action that diverges from the main topic or course.
2. A line that touches a curve or a surface at one point but doesn’t cross it.
adjective: 1. Straying from the main topic.
2. Touching a curve or a surface at one point without crossing it.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin tangere (to touch). Earliest documented use: 1594.
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TAN-GENE - ...and he gets darker-skinned, not sunburnt, just like everyone else in his family

BAN-GENT - the rule says No Men Allowed

DANG E.N.T. - dad-burned otorhinolaryngologist