" retirement "

 [ "retirement" ]

1: throwing away a machine or human after it is decided that they are so worn out or used up that there is no value left. the human gets a small pension that is not enough to live on, the machine is junked.

  * e.g.,  ... retirement like death comes to us all. 

 [ "retirement" ]

1: Retirement is when a robot that strongly resembles a human is killed. Because humans do not consider robots to be "alive" in the first place, killing a robotic servant of mankind is seen as "retiring" a machine and not murder.

  * e.g.,  ... "Have you ever retired a human by mistake, Mr. Deckard?" 

 [ "retirement" ]

2: The term originated in the openning scrawl of the science fiction film masterpiece, "Blade Runner", desribing what Blade Runners do to "Replicants" (robots so advanced they are indestinguishable from humans):

  * e.g.,  ... "The report read "Routine retirement of a replicant." That didn't make me feel any better about shooting a woman in the back." 

 [ "retirement" ]

3:  "Special police squads - BLADE RUNNER UNITS - had orders to shoot to kill, upon detection, any trespassing Replicant.

  * e.g.,  ... "Cally just retired Boomer!" (Cally has just shot and "killed" Boomer, who was revealed as a Cylon sleeper unit). 

 [ "retirement" ]

4: This was not called execution. It was called retirement."

  * e.g.,  ... "Commander Adama retired Leoben by beating him with a flashlight" 

 [ "retirement" ]

5: Loosely, the is often used in scifi circles to refer to any instance when a (usually) humanoid robot that is designed to look human is terminated by a human, such as on the 2004 Battlestar Galactica with the new humanoid Cylons (the new Cylon models are very similar to Replicants, and Edward James Olmos appears in both Blade Runner and BSG).

  * e.g.,  ... "Starbuck's retirement of Simon was very graphic" 

 [ "Retirement" ]

1: A myth. Something hard working people look forward to all their working lives, only to be disappointed by the fact that they can't afford to live off there substantially small pensions for the rest of their lives.

  * e.g.,  ... (Thursday afternoon) 

 [ "retireation" ]

1: Retireation is the process of retiring and being on full time vacation. I’m in retireation since my company gave me the golden handshake!

  * e.g.,  ... I’m in retireation mode since my company gave me the golden handshake! Life is better under the Sun when you are in retireation. 

 [ "Retiritis" ]

1: Looking forward to retirement

  * e.g.,  ... "Mrs. Clark is suffering from retiritis and using all 30 of her personal days in one year, " frowned the principal. 

 [ "retired" ]

1: When it is no longer necessary to suck up to Corporate America in order to earn a living. This means giving up crowded airports, unnecessary meetings, a Sales Manager that is 20 years your junior telling you how badly that you suck, Action Plans, Quotas, more meetings, a business suit, white shirt and tie, ulcers and stomach cramps.

  * e.g.,  ... I am retired, so leave me alone. 

 [ "retired" ]

2: Being genuinely retired means that you began long ago to plan for the future and can now tell everyone except Mother Nature and Father Time to 'kiss ass'

 [ "Retire" ]

1: 1) To quit working while financially fit. Retirees usually receive pension.

  * e.g.,  ... 1) He retired from work at age 6 

 [ "Retire" ]

2: 2) To put out (baseball).

  * e.g.,  ... 2) Durazo was retired on a pop-up to Spiezio. 

 [ "Retire" ]

3: 3) To go to bed (outdated).

  * e.g.,  ... 3) It's getting late, so I'm going to retire. 

 [ "Retired" ]

1: A euphemism for retarded, as gosh is a euphemism for God and darn is a euphemism for damn.

  * e.g.,  ... "I think she might be retired." 

 [ "retired" ]

1: When your tired one day and your tired again the next. This is called being retired.

  * e.g.,  ... I was tired yesterday and i'm retired today. My friend is retired,he has been his laying on his couch for two days straight. 

 [ "Retired" ]

1: the one time in your life that you actually get a break.

  * e.g.,  ... Yay im retired time to sleep for the next 15 years.