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# Tumbleweed
like...a Ghost Town..

And I don't mean the Specials!
(I helped save b3ta! AzToTheRescue The arsehole formally known as Az The S slur, Sun 5 Oct 2003, 4:55, archived)
# no,
i really don't know what tumbleweed means. my dictionary tells me sth. like 'steppe runner' thaz can't be it, can it?
(acheta, Sun 5 Oct 2003, 4:58, archived)
# maybe spelt it wrong...
but Tumbleweed, is...erm...like a ball of weed that just blows past in the wind like in the old wester movies, or when a bad joke is cracked:)
(I helped save b3ta! AzToTheRescue The arsehole formally known as Az The S slur, Sun 5 Oct 2003, 5:00, archived)
# OR
in this case, when it's quiet
(I helped save b3ta! AzToTheRescue The arsehole formally known as Az The S slur, Sun 5 Oct 2003, 5:01, archived)
#
Definition

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(I helped save b3ta! Syncubus Yarr! Ye'll be walking Planck's Constant! [GMT-5], Sun 5 Oct 2003, 5:01, archived)
# ok.
got it. but is 'tumbleweed hour' or tumbleweed time' or alike a normal expression? i mean, would most english speakers understand that term?
(acheta, Sun 5 Oct 2003, 5:04, archived)
# It's more of a metaphor...
Tumbleweeds were often seen in deserted "ghost towns" in old westerns.

(I helped save b3ta! Syncubus Yarr! Ye'll be walking Planck's Constant! [GMT-5], Sun 5 Oct 2003, 5:08, archived)
# well...
it's not a common phrase but most people would know what you meant if you said it...
(qdamik, Sun 5 Oct 2003, 15:54, archived)