"-tard" meaning in English

See -tard in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From retard. Etymology templates: {{m|en|retard}} retard Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -tard, {{en-suffix}} -tard
  1. (slang, derogatory) Used to form words conveying an attitude of contempt or doubt over the subject's intelligence. Tags: derogatory, morpheme, slang
    Sense id: en--tard-en-suffix-hPZ0rfJ~

Download JSON data for -tard meaning in English (1.7kB)

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          "ref": "2012, Geoffrey Nunberg, Ascent of the A-word: Assholism, the First Sixty Years, page 188",
          "text": "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\").",
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          "ref": "2014, Michaelbrent Collings, This Darkness Light, page 249",
          "text": "ʺOK, not that. No diddling the dumbtard.ʺ He paused. ʺWouldnʹt blame you if you were, though. Sheʹs kinda dishy.ʺ",
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