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-tard
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tard t-ard 'tard tárd tar'd
English
Etymology
en idiot retard<id:Q193607> 1 1
Suffix
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en slang vulgar derogatory _ or _ offensive Used to form words conveying an attitude of contempt or doubt over the subject's intelligence.
en 2012 Geoffrey Nunberg Ascent of the A-word: Assholism, the First Sixty Years http://www.worldcat.org/title/ascent-of-the-a-word-assholism-the-first-sixty-years/oclc/777662599 188 The left-right parallels are obvious, too, in the puerile nicknames used by radio hosts and in the comment threads of blogs and articles, whether for each other (libtards, dumbocrats, repugnicans, repukes), for public figures (Dumbya, Slick Willie, Shillary, Michael Moron), or for the media themselves (lamestream media, "Faux News").
en 2013 Original Skin David Mark ' Shittard bollocking fuckcunts!' Harry Tattershall is a magnificent and venomous swearer: doing things with words that other people would require a snooker ball and a football sock to achieve.
en 2014 Michaelbrent Collings This Darkness Light http://www.worldcat.org/title/this-darkness-light/oclc/914193690 249 ʺOK, not that. No diddling the dumbtard.ʺ He paused. ʺWouldnʹt blame you if you were, though. Sheʹs kinda dishy.ʺ
Usage notes
Usually clipping clips the noun to which it is suffixed when it is polysyllabic, effectively making a blend of that word with en retard (formerly or less often en bastard).
See en retard for notes about offensiveness.
Derived terms
en
Related terms
en -tarded
en -tardation
Anagrams
en adrt DArT Art.D. trad dart DART drat DTRA ADRT Dart
en 4chan slang productive suffixes