See full retard on Wiktionary
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"text": "Everyone is on both sides is going full retard about this Executive Order from Trump. No one is thinking rationally.",
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"ref": "1911 December, “Intensifying the Retarded Spark”, in Ignition and Accessories, volume 1, number 3, page 85:",
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"ref": "1915, H.A. Minturn, “Generator-Battery Ignition”, in The American Chauffeur, page 165:",
"text": "Briefly, the objectionable features of the magneto are that the intensity of the spark depends directly upon the speed of the magneto—that is, the hottest spark comes at the highest speeds and the thin spark at the low speeds, that there is a difference in the intensity of the spark in the rang of full retard to full advance, and that with the use of the magneto there is the extra electrical unit that must be cared for.",
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"ref": "1918, Charles Brian Hayward, Automobile Ignition, Starting, and Lighting, page 155:",
"text": "Interrupter set back of center at full retard, ½ inch.",
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