Yes, and that's "retard", the verb. A totally different word! (Maybe it depends on dialect, but as I've always heard it spoken, it doesn't even sound the same.)

Yes, and that's "retard", the verb. A totally different word! (Maybe it depends on dialect, but as I've always heard it spoken, it doesn't even sound the same.) "They do put a retard" - here, the word "retard" is used in a noun position. Therefore, it is a noun. Therefore, it must refer (and with an implication of cruel disaparagement) to somebody who is mentally handicapped. I wonder if they use the same person each time?