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- initialism Alternative spelling of
TANJ . (There ain't no justice.)
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Examples
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I tried to like, or learn from, Ringworld but really, "tanj?"
MIND MELD: Books We Love That Everyone Else Hates (and Vice Versa) 2010
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I first read the novel in high school, and back then I kept getting hung up on the expletive “tanj” the characters — especially 200 year-old Louis Wu — use in place of standard profanities.
The Sunday Salon: What the frak are you talking about? « Exile on Ninth Street 2010
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When I first read the novel, I thought “tanj” might be a non-English word, but I really had no idea back then how to look it up.
The Sunday Salon: What the frak are you talking about? « Exile on Ninth Street 2010
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When I first read the novel, I thought “tanj” might be a non-English word, but I really had no idea back then how to look it up.
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I first read the novel in high school, and back then I kept getting hung up on the expletive “tanj” the characters — especially 200 year-old Louis Wu — use in place of standard profanities.
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When I first read the novel, I thought “tanj” might be a non-English word, but I really had no idea back then how to look it up.
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I first read the novel in high school, and back then I kept getting hung up on the expletive “tanj” the characters — especially 200 year-old Louis Wu — use in place of standard profanities.
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Orson Scott Card takes the opposite view, pointing out Larry Niven's 'tanj' as an example of what not to do.
On Writing Science Fiction by The Editors of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine patternjuggler 2006
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Orson Scott Card takes the opposite view, pointing out Larry Niven's 'tanj' as an example of what not to do.
Archive 2006-01-21 patternjuggler 2006
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"He looks like a tanj skeleton _now_," Louis said.
The Ringworld Throne Niven, Larry 1996
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