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tango uniform

tango uniform adjective: broken and unable to be fixed; dead.

Adjective

tango uniform (not comparable)

  1. (slang) Broken and unable to be fixed; dead.
    • I can never fly my fighter again. It is tango uniform.

Forms of tango uniform

alternative formTango Uniform

Origin of tango uniform

From the NATO phonetic alphabet for the letters Tango (t) and Uniform (u), from tits up or toes up.

Questions about tango uniform

What does tango uniform mean?
Tango uniform means broken and unable to be fixed; dead.
What part of speech is tango uniform?
Tango uniform is an adjective.

Words near tango uniform in the dictionary

  1. tangly
  2. Tangmere
  3. Tangney
  4. Tangneys
  5. tango
  6. tango uniform
  7. Tangob
  8. tangoed
  9. tangoes
  10. tangoing
  11. tangoist

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