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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>TAN</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../T.html" title="T"/><link rel="previous" href="talker-system.html" title="talker system"/><link rel="next" href="tanked.html" title="tanked"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">TAN</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="talker-system.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">T</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="tanked.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="TAN"/><dt xmlns="" id="TAN"><b>TAN</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Usenet, particularly <tt class="systemitem">rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan</tt>] Abbrev. of
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‘tangent’, as in “<span class="quote">off on a tangent</span>”, and synonym
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for <a href="../O/OT.html"><i class="glossterm">OT</i></a>. A number of hacker-humor synonyms are used
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for TAN in some newsgroups. Instances such as BEIGE, OFF-WHITE,
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BROWNISH-GRAY, and LIGHT BROWN have been observed. It is generally
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understood on newsgroups with this convention that any color descriptor is
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a TAN synonym if (a) used as the first word(s) of the topic of a Usenet
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post, (b) written in ALL CAPS, and (c) followed immediately by a
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colon. Usage: “<span class="quote">OFF-WHITE: 2000 Presidential candidates</span>” on an
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SF newsgroup.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="talker-system.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../T.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="tanked.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">talker system </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> tanked</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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