tina

name

1. (countable, uncountable)A female given name.

   “Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek wrote on social media Saturday her office had not been notified why the troops were being deployed.”

2. (countable, uncountable)A female given name.
3. (countable, uncountable)A female given name.
4. (countable, uncountable)A lake in Alaska, near/around Anchorage.

noun

1. (alt-of, slang, uncountable)Alternative letter-case form of tina (“crystal meth”).

   “People struggling to merely exist on a Monday smoke Tina because they feel it's the only way to overcome the dreaded comedown from all the other drugs they've taken.”

2. (slang, uncountable)The drug methamphetamine hydrochloride (crystal meth).

phrase

1. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of TINA (“there is no alternative”)
2. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of)Acronym of there is no alternative, a political slogan of Margaret Thatcher, promoting liberal capitalism.

   “Above all else, they allowed me seriously to ponder the hardest of questions: once we have conceived of a feasible socialism that blasts Thatcher’s Tina out of the water, what must we do, and how far are we willing to go, to bring it about?”

   “Tina / There is no alternative / But I got to live (You know)”