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    [Noun]  | "de*tour" | \ ˈdē-ˌtu̇r \


    1: a deviation from a direct course or the usual procedure; especially : a roundabout way temporarily replacing part of a route


    Origin: 1738 ;

     French détour, from Old French destor, from destorner to divert, from des- de- + torner to turn {mat|turn|};

    [Verb]  | "detour" 


    1: to proceed by a detour

    2: to send by a circuitous route

    3: to avoid by going around : bypass


    Origin: 1836 ;

    [Biographical name]  | "La Tour" | \ lə-ˈtu̇r \


    1: Georges de 1593—1652 French painter

    [Noun]  | "detour" 


    1: a turning away from a course or standard;


      * e.g., " ... we'll regard this relapse as just a brief detour on your road to recovery from substance abuse "



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    [Verb]  | "detour" 


    1: to avoid by going around;


      * e.g., " ... we had to detour the construction zone in order to get to the stadium "



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    2: to change one's course or direction;


      * e.g., " ... we had to detour for a few miles around the section of highway under construction "



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     [ "Detour" ]

    1: A spontaneous, quick stop at a friend's or acquaintance's place for a sexual encounter

      * e.g.,  ... I'm stopping at Kesha's house for a detour before going to work 

     [ "Detour" ]

    1: A shit town located on the county line of carroll county and frederick county. Consist of 10-15 houses that all look poor and like shit. Alot of whores and pot heads live here.Baically an all American shit town.

      * e.g.,  ... A Redneck town located in Detour MD 

     [ "Detour" ]

    1: 1: An annoyance caused by stupid construction workers (mexicans) deciding that they need to "fix" a road, so they send you on a completely different road that takes a lot longer to get to where you're going.

      * e.g.,  ... 1: 


     [ "Detour" ]

    2: 2: A great alternative path that takes a long time to get to the destination that you should be going to...such as your house, but instead of continuing to drive, you stop at a destination suitable for the situation. Ususally involving the act of camping and most definitely involves rollercoaster.

      * e.g.,  ... Me: Mom, I'm home late cuz i had to take a detour, stupid mexicans are tearing up highway 32 

     [ "Green Detour" ]

    1:  An unintentional lengthening of one's car ride by taking wrong turns; Primarily due to the driver being high on weed. An intentional lengthening of one's car ride so that the driver and/or passengers may smoke weed. See bake route.

      * e.g.,  ... Susan: "John why are you so late?! Transformers 2 started ten minutes ago!" 

     [ "Himalayan Detour" ]

    1: Taking a xanny and edible at the same time

      * e.g.,  ... Rob: Yo you heard what Lauren did? 

     [ "Detour Ahead" ]

    1: A pretty kickass band from Michigan that's just starting to get exposure...... apparently they're going to begin recording a new album soon. It's like a mix between Black Sabbath, AC/DC and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

      * e.g.,  ... i saw Detour Ahead at their show on the 4th of July.... 

     [ "Detour,Maryland" ]

    1: The chillest place in the entire fucking world. May be small. No not just small its so small you can see one side to another. There is a large Pot presence in Detour everyone smokes. Though some bitches if you keep it on the DL everything is fine. There is also a large diversity in people. No not really just alot of Stoners, even a 79 year old hippie stoner. Little store and theres a plus ONE black person thats like 7 so yeah check it out man.

      * e.g.,  ... Ex.1: Dude i was at this place called Detour,Maryland, Hella chill other dude: where? Original dude: Detour man theres like 50 people that live there' Other dude from before: cool ( Wtf he must be stoned ) 

     [ "red detour" ]

    1: Having anal sex because your girl is having her period

      * e.g.,  ... My girl was on her period. So I had to take the red detour 

     [ "Dirty Detour" ]

    1: Being on your way somewhere and getting sidetracked into going to get your fuck on.

      * e.g.,  ... I was with Steve the other night on the way to the club, his ex girlfriend called him and he went on a dirty detour. I had to sit in the car outside the chicks apartment for an hour. 

     [ "San Francisco Detour" ]

    1: A sexual act in which a male places his penis head against either nostril of his partner just prior to ejaculation. Once ejaculation is imminent, the male exhorts, "I'm going to cum!". The 'detouree' then takes a deep breath through the nostrils, forcing the seminal fluid into the stomach by way of the nose--rather than the mouth--as is typically expected. Note: If two men ejaculate in either nostril of the 'detouree', this is referred to simply as: A double detour.

      * e.g.,  ... "I'm sick and tired of having my genetic fluid travel down the same ol' street. This time it's going for a detour. A San Francisco Detour." 

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