retard

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When I played it co-op online the other player just seem to run around like a retard, which is probably the tactic of choice for many players.

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  1. transitive verb To cause to move or proceed slowly; delay or impede.
  2. intransitive verb To be delayed.
  3. noun A slowing down or hindering of progress; a delay.
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  • Dumb the mustached Oakland retard, the guy who made tearful steroid confessions en vogue for players past and present, and replace him with the shiny, bland 1B from Los Angeles. —  Thunder Matt's Saloon
  • Is that before, just people in your circle of confidantes knew and could choose to expose you as a retard or keep your secret. —  AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
  • Tropic Thunder's right-or lack thereof-to throw around the word "retard," the complaints about releasing the parody —  The Simon
  • Even I think you are a retard, and I'M A GREAT AMERICAN! —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • While that dispatcher is on the phone with this retard, a person with a real emergency could be on hold (if all dispatchers are busy, which DOES happen). —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
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retard:   retarded ·  retarding
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English retarden, from Old French retarder, from Latin retardāre : re-, re- + tardāre, to delay (from tardus, slow).
  2. Short for retarded.

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  1. from Old French retarder, French retarder =Provencal Spanish Portuguese retardar =Italian ritardare, from Latin retardare, make slow, delay, from re-, back, + tardare, make slow, from tardus, slow: see tardy.
  2. =F. retard =Spanish retardo =Italian ritardo; from the verb.
 

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