On tonight’s IT Crowd, Moss uses a word in countdown:
Tnetennba
Used in context:
“Good morning, that’s a nice Tnetennba”
After some research, it appears that it’s not actually a word at all! Been looking all week and can’t find a real reference to it other than what people have made up.
According to one source, it could mean:
Tnetennba – [tuh.net.un.bar]
- noun
A word whose function is purely to attract traffic to a website; a gratuitously used keyword whose presence is aimed at attracting the search engines attention and improving the website’s placement in search results.
But we’re not convinced…
It’s certainly nowhere to be found in the dictionary, but there is a facebook page already in place to try to get it there! I think if it’s officially printed a whole bunch of times then it can officially become a word so there’s hope yet!
If anyone has any more info, post some comments and we can find the true meaning of Tnetennba!
Tnetennba: [Tuh-net-ehn-buh]
noun: a fan of tiny biscuits.
Tiny biscuits arranged decoratively in the form of a fan.
“Good morning, that’s a nice tnetennba”
Moss’s (from IT Crowd) oddly parted and styled hairdo. He said the phrase to himself in the mirror that morning before going on the show.
A Tnetennba is, according to the great Urban Dictionary: “One who looks up words which have been artificially created for the purpose of fiction or comedy. i.e. I’ve just realised that I’m a Tnetennba.
Which definitely makes me one, after typing it into Google and clicking on this. And you too, probably.
Another definition is: “a fan of tiny biscuits.” Less plausible, but I like it more.
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A tnetennba is a type of blouse introduced in the late 20th century by Icelandic fashion designer Lineham Grahamstrom. It was inspired by older 18th century style of outerwear often used by both men and women of Nordic Ayoade clan for fishing, boating, and whoring out after a night of binge drinking.