A fork of Rural Dictionary
Dusty aggregation of plant matter rolled along the ground by the desert wind. A cliche of Western movies, emphasising silence or stillness, e.g. as the hero rides into an apparently deserted frontier town. Often used in connection with the death of a conversation after one participant unwittingly reveals that they are a moron. See also tumbleweed moment.
"But then Katie made a singularly unfunny cancer joke..."
"Ah. Tumbleweed?"
"Yeah."
Something to say during an uncomfortable silence or awkward pause in conversation. the conversation is so dead that a tumbleweed could be blowing through the people you are hanging out with like a desert.
*Silence* "Tumbleweed..." *Laughter*
where someone tells are bad joke and there is a awkward silence afterwards.
Matt Cooke "some really bad joke."
Person "Tumbleweed"
what you say if someone starts a conv, or says something that no-one finds a) funny, b) like a pivotal moment in the conv, and c) is of any interest.
usually involves a silence followed by merry saying tumbleweed
silence...tumbleweed.
what a shit example...
Something to shout aloud when someone has said failed in an attempt to be funny.
unfunny person: "....TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE!!!!"
cruel tumbleweeder: "TUMBLEWEED"