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    [Verb]  | "re*tard" | \ ri-ˈtärd \


    1: to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment

    2: to become delayed : to undergo retardation

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French retarder, from Latin retardare, from re- + tardus slow;

    [Noun]  | "re*tard" 


    1: a holding back or slowing down : retardation

    2: a person affected with intellectual disability

    3: a foolish or stupid person

    Origin: 1781 ;

    [French adjective]  | "en re*tard" | \ äⁿr-(ə-)tär \


    1: behind time : late

    [Verb]  | "retard" 


    1: to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace;


      * e.g., " ... an herbicide to retard the growth of weeds "




     [ "retard" ]

    1: to tard again

      * e.g.,  ... Joe tard-ed once, and then once again. Retard. 

     [ "retard" ]

    1:  A person with a mental deficiency

     [ "retard" ]

    2:  An offensive term used to refer to someone acting in an irritating or generally stupid way.

     [ "retard" ]

    1: People who think they have to take their pets with them everywhere they go.

      * e.g.,  ... That retard left their dog in the hot car with the windows rolled up at Walmart again. 

     [ "retard" ]

    1: The second most abused word in the English language, next to gay.

      * e.g.,  ... Bob: I got a 72% on my math test. John: RETARD! I got a 75%. 

     [ "retard" ]

    1: you

      * e.g.,  ... hey ur a retard 

     [ "retard" ]

    1: A person born with a mental condition and therefore has to work a million times harder to be able to do simple things (such as learn and communicate) that we take for granted. On top of this, a retard will usually suffer a lot of ridicule from society because people fear what they do not understand. The people who choose to make fun of the mental retarded tend to be complete morons and cannot comprehend that these people have feelings and emotions just like anyone else.

      * e.g.,  ... I find it amusing that saying somebody has cancer would not be taken as a joke and yet, using another disease such as mental retarded as an insult is common among society, and many do not realize that it is very offensive and that there is something seriously wrong about it. 

     [ "retard" ]

    1: most people on yahoo chat.

      * e.g.,  ... people in yahoo chat always think they know everything, when really theyre just lame nerds with no lives. 

     [ "retard" ]

    1: A person with an IQ below 70 and who is impaired in normal, social, or occupational functioning.

     [ "retard" ]

    1: George H. W. Bush

      * e.g.,  ... Who would have ever thought such a retard would win the election?!?!?! 

     [ "retard" ]

    1: What Asian parents call their child if any academic grade is lower than 95-100 range.

      * e.g.,  ... (Asian Mom looking at report card) (Asian kid opens the door) Asian Mom: You got B in math! Are you retarded? Yes, I think you are. 

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