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Dong U Dead

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https://www.google.co.nz/search?safe =o ff&source=hp&ei=LycKXNSDO5aCyAPEnZDIBw&q=retard+means&btnK=Google+Search&oq=retard+means&gs_l=psy-ab.3..35i39l2j0l3j0i22i30l5.2732.5173..5448...0.0..0.287.3171.2-13....2..0....1..gws-wiz.....0..0i10j0i67j0i20i263.MMJNEX2WewI
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07-Dec-2018 07:55:03

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This is the definitions as returned by the link you provided:

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re·tard

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verb

retard; 3rd person present: retards; past tense: retarded; past participle: retarded; gerund or present participle: retarding

1.
delay or hold back in terms of progress,
development, or accomplishment.
"his progress was retarded by his limp"

synonyms: delay, slow down, slow up, hold back, hold up, set back, postpone, put back, detain, decelerate

antonyms: accelerate

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noun INFORMAL•OFFENSIVE

noun: retard; plural noun: retards

1. a mentally handicapped person (often used as a general term of abuse).

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Origin
late 15th century: from French retarder, from Latin retardare, from re- ‘back’ + tardus ‘slow.’
It's right there in the verb portion of the definition.
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07-Dec-2018 08:25:53

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People shouldn't be penalized for properly using a word, and slang shouldn't take precedent over proper language.

If more people understood the proper definition of the word, less people would be offended.

Censorship isn't the answer, knowledge is. ;)
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07-Dec-2018 08:47:24

Dong U Dead

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Nexus Origin said :
This is the definitions as returned by the link you provided:

Original message details are unavailable.
re·tard

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verb

retard; 3rd person present: retards; past tense: retarded; past participle: retarded; gerund or present participle: retarding

1.
delay or hold back in terms of progress,
development, or accomplishment.
"his progress was retarded by his limp"

synonyms:\tdelay, slow down, slow up, hold back, hold up, set back, postpone, put back, detain, decelerate

antonyms:\taccelerate

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noun INFORMAL•OFFENSIVE

noun: retard; plural noun: retards

1. a mentally handicapped person (often used as a general term of abuse).

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Origin
late 15th century: from French retarder, from Latin retardare, from re- ‘back’ + tardus ‘slow.’
It's right there in the verb portion of the definition.

Here is my version:



I also have a feeling mechanics have adopted the word, I don't know if it's all mechanics or what. But from my readings, there is no sighting that I can see on the internet about the use of the word Retard in mechanic language unless I type mechanic and retard together. But under the word Retard on all my finding it is in regards to a persons disability.
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07-Dec-2018 15:16:36 - Last edited on 07-Dec-2018 15:36:02 by Dong U Dead

Dong U Dead

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But as I said it's not about the word or meaning, it's on a more personal level I suppose, it's very clearly written here:

Dong U Dead said :
Yes, we all know that words have different meanings, but there are certain words that aren't kosher to use, not really appropriate, or people get offended by it.
It's not the word its self but what the word represents
or represents to themselves.
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07-Dec-2018 15:25:38

FiFi LaFeles

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The word used was qualified by explicitly stating it was in regard to a motor vehicle.
NOT. A PERSON.
You see the difference?
Technical term used when referring to a motor vehicle ..... as opposed to .....
...... insult to a human being.

Yet you still see it as an offensive word when it is specifically being used in it's legitimate, technical and obviously non-human capacity - because you choose to.
That's just beyond ridiculous. You are being spectacularly obtuse.

I also have a feeling mechanics have adopted the word.... Adapted not adopted.
No, they haven't. Your feelings are erroneous. Try facts instead.
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07-Dec-2018 15:44:21 - Last edited on 07-Dec-2018 16:00:14 by FiFi LaFeles

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But from my readings, there is no sighting that I can see on the internet about the use of the word Retard in mechanic language unless I type mechanic and retard together


I typed this into Google:

definition of retardation


The first and immediate response:
the action of delaying or slowing the progress or development of something.

Merriam Webster's first definition:
an act or instance of retarding
2 : the extent to which something is retarded
3 : a musical suspension


Wikipedia the first definition
Retardation is the act or result of delaying; the extent to which anything is retarded or delayed; that which retards or delays


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