Tangentally

Bah, to the conservative, this whole issue is only tangentally about healthcare. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We have an abundance of campaigns that mention mountaintop removal tangentally, or acknowledge that mountaintop removal coal fuels power plants. ❋ Jeff Biggers (2012)

ConWebWatch first noted Klein's attempts to play guilt by association through red-baiting, attempting to tie Obama, however desperately and tangentally, to communism and socialism. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In semi-related Doomed Queens publishing news well, very tangentally, The Tudors return on April 5th. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A tangentally related story that I read somewhere once about a hearing daughter of deaf parents. ❋ Dave Hingsburger (2007)

I remember being fascinated with Anais Nin (who intersects tangentally with this society) and her diaries for much the same reason, although as I realized how much the diaries were constructions I lost some respect for her (yet in a postmodernist sense I suppose I've regained it--constructing a self is no minor business!) ❋ Fresca (2009)

This is tangentally related, but the story of The Hook? ❋ Seanan_mcguire (2009)

Or go to Huffington Post and read the comments (again by Obama supporters) attached to any article even tangentally concerned with Hillary. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The plays that were the most successful dealt tangentally with the tragedy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I mean, patting onesself on the back by trying to call the ceremony "green" with all the lights and electricity use, and hundreds if not more limousines, props trucks, travel by press (using their own lights, cameras, etc), and each individual invovled in the production as well as tangentally (i.e. security and additional police presence) is more ridiculous and clueless than Marie Antoinette's "cake" remark. ❋ Ann Althouse (2007)

See, Sarah, "The Crucible" was only tangentally about Salem, it was really about McCarthyism. ❋ Rogers (2006)

Instead their concerns have to be addressed with the greatest respect directly, not tangentally. ❋ Unknown (2005)

I suppose the one good thing to come out of this election – albeit tangentally – is that the ghastly Denis MacShane has been replaced as minister for Europe. ❋ Richard (2005)

However, he has touched only tangentally on the truth. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Oh, and while I'm tangentally referencing Ms. Newton. ❋ Gwenda (2004)

[Murph]: "heeeey girl.... Do you remember that perfume we used to wear in high school? Gosh what was it called?!" TangentGirl: "ooooh yeah! It was also called wild lagoon by [Coty], the base note was [vetiver] essential oil, but did you know these other 20 perfumes we like have that same base note! Oh here's a recipe for making your own perfume, oh did you know that there's a word for having a fetish about smells, ooooh or that the guy who made that used to work for Chanel, oooh remember when we used to buy that other one too, oh or fake version of [CK1], and then remember at prom the first dance song was Words by [Boyzone]... And I had curly hair.... Gosh.... don't you miss walks [along the coast] at night coming home from that nightclub without our shoes on?" Murph: "...............” TangentGirl: "Murph.....?” Murph: "Um.... So it's called Wild Lagoon then?" TangentGirl: "oh god no... That was just in Europe, it's called Monsoon by Coty" Murph: "Mmmm-K.... Imma gunna go eat dinner now... Breakfast has [gone cold]" 🤣 ❋ CombustibleTangents (2020)

1. "The tangent5 of [45] is 1. The tangent of 60 is [er]..... er.... er...." 2. He [went off] in a tangent ❋ Jiexi (2003)

English teacher: "How did you bring [Ned Kelly] into an essay about a book that has nothing to do with him, then finish up with a short history of cuba?" "I may have [gone off] on a [tangent]" ❋ LOCKZILLA0001 (2012)

1.) Point T is tangent to the circle. 2.) tan60ºӨ = [the square] [root] of 3 tan45ºӨ = 1 tan30ºӨ = the square root of 3 [divided] by 3 ❋ Seven Forty Post Meridian (2005)

1. Hey welcome to [UD] here is your [Tangent]. 2. Damn it I still need to go buy a computer for college! _____________________________________________ Hey, lets go throw my [tangent] [out the window] and collect the insurance money on it! ❋ Tangent...ugh (2009)

Person A: "Did you ever wonder [how babies are made]? It seems so simple, yet so complex." Person B: "Dude, I know what you mean. My beer bottle just broke and I don't know why. I didn't think being a drunk could be so complex." Person A: "What the fuck are you talking about?" Person B: "Why are beer bottles so complex, and why do they lead to the birth of unwanted children?" Person A: "Why must you go off on such a tangentation?" Person B: "That reminds me, I accidently threw [my red] shirt in with [the whites]." ❋ Brian Bolek (2008)

This has [got to] be the most [tangentalized] [topic] i've ever been to. ❋ Zyzic (2005)

"Wow, look at our [math teacher], Mr. [Davies]! He sure is brown!" "He just got back from [Bermuda]." "Oh, he's a tangent!" ❋ Someonefromearth (2010)

Student 1: "Wow, this is [the fifth] time in a month I've taken my Tangent computer in. What a piece of shit." Student 2: "You should fake an accident to your computer and get the [warranty] money. Buy something better." Kid 1: "My car [broke down] again." Kid 2: "What a fucking Tangent." Kid 1: "Dude, Tangent move..." Kid 2: "My bad." ❋ Flyers (2008)

She was just tangenting [all night] about how [terrible] her [job] was. ❋ Megstar45 (2015)