what is a retard?

Answer 1

A person born with a mental condition and has to work a million times harder to be able to do simple things (such as learn and communicate) that we take for granted.A retard will usually suffer a lot of ridicule from society because people fear what they do not understand.

-Usually used to label someone as stupid.
-Not commonly used to make fun of the disability.

Answer 2

Noun
Singular
retard
Plural
retards


retard (plural retards)

retardation; delay
(offensive slang) a person with mental retardation
(offensive slang) a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn

Answer 3

i read a futuristic book,whereby the parents of the child were worried about him, and what was to become of him. he had an IQ of160. way way below the average. wish i could remember the title HIM, being a retard. think about it?life is relevant, no matter what.

Answer 4

A person who asks questions like 'what is a retard'.

Answer 5

Pronunciation
(noun: delay): as for the verb
(noun: offensive slang senses):

retard (plural retards)

retardation; delay
(offensive slang) a person with mental retardation
(offensive slang) a stupid person, or one who is slow to learn

[edit] Synonyms
(retardation): delay, hold-up, retardation
(person with mental retardation): idiot (disused medical term), imbecile (disused medical term), mental deficient (legal term), moron (disused medical term), person with learning difficulties
(stupid person): See synonyms for "fool" in WikiSaurus

Answer 6

An adjustment made in the setting of the distributor of an internal-combustion engine so that the spark for ignition in each cylinder is generated later in the cycle.

Answer 7

someone who has a mental illness it devolopes during pregnacy ether by the mother doing drugs or some other uwnoun cause

Answer 8

Someone who asks "what is a retard?" in the R&S section purely for the sake of pushing people's buttons and getting hate-mail in their inbox.

Answer 9

It is a very nasty term used to describe those unfortunate enough to be born with less than average intelligence. It is also a term used to describe an action taken to slow development or growth.

Answer 10

It's either someone who was born of average intelligence, but does stupid things by choice, or it's the politically incorrect term for someone mentally disabled.