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late 15c., "make slow or slower," from French retarder "restrain, hold (someone) back, keep (someone from doing something); come to a stop" (13c.) or directly f
by hprotagonist 9y ago
late 15c., "make slow or slower," from French retarder "restrain, hold (someone) back, keep (someone from doing something); come to a stop" (13c.) or directly from Latin retardare "make slow, delay, keep back, hinder" (see retardation). Related: Retarded; retarding.
The noun is recorded from 1788 in the sense "retardation, delay;" from 1970 in offensive meaning "retarded person," originally American English, with accent on first syllable.
It is completely fair to interpret this ID law as retarded in the first sense.
- dawhizkid 9y agothe person replying is using it in the second sense.
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- eropple 9y ago> It is completely fair to interpret this ID law as retarded in the first sense. Which is in effectively zero cases the phrase being used here. The vernacular usage of the word is shitty and offensive. Instead of well-actuallying about maybe he meant it in the sense of the mechanical device or or or, maybe just be a person about it and recognize that the decent thing to do is to just not get your cape on for it? This isn't code. People know what you mean when you say something nasty and being cute about it just does not change anything.