im thinkin of a word that means "get carried away" i thought it was like tangents or tantrums.
like im trying to use it to describe my english teacher. She would start out talking about one subject. then find a topic thats vaguely related to it and talk about it for 5 minutes. and then after that shed find an even more off task topic and talk about it for like 3 minutes. then that discussion would lead to another topic and shed just go way off task and talk about random topics with no relevance to the topic we started with.
whats that called when u do that?
2007-10-04 14:13:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
the correct answer would be tangent as in She's going off on a tangent.
A tantrum is what i child does when s/he dosen't get what s/he wants and then trows a fit.
2007-10-04 14:24:36 · answer #1 · answered by playwriter2180 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are correct. It is an idiom: To go off on a tangent. It means exactly what you described....getting off topic and carried away.
2007-10-04 21:27:40 · answer #2 · answered by GamB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think TANGENT is the word you want. A TANTRUM is a mad or crying fit ("My baby sister throws a tantrum if she doesn't get her way.").
2007-10-04 23:21:10 · answer #3 · answered by jan51601 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In education terms, that's called a birdwalk...
2007-10-04 21:25:16 · answer #4 · answered by DJ76 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋