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renius

being half a retard and half a genius-an idiot savant-a retarded genius
Rainman was a renius.
by Jennifer Orell December 15, 2007
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retirement

Retirement is when a robot that strongly resembles a human is killed. Because humans do not consider robots to be "alive" in the first place, killing a robotic servant of mankind is seen as "retiring" a machine and not murder.

The term originated in the openning scrawl of the science fiction film masterpiece, "Blade Runner", desribing what Blade Runners do to "Replicants" (robots so advanced they are indestinguishable from humans):

"Special police squads - BLADE RUNNER UNITS - had orders to shoot to kill, upon detection, any trespassing Replicant.
This was not called execution. It was called retirement."

Loosely, the is often used in scifi circles to refer to any instance when a (usually) humanoid robot that is designed to look human is terminated by a human, such as on the 2004 Battlestar Galactica with the new humanoid Cylons (the new Cylon models are very similar to Replicants, and Edward James Olmos appears in both Blade Runner and BSG).
"Have you ever retired a human by mistake, Mr. Deckard?"
"The report read "Routine retirement of a replicant." That didn't make me feel any better about shooting a woman in the back."

"Cally just retired Boomer!" (Cally has just shot and "killed" Boomer, who was revealed as a Cylon sleeper unit).
"Commander Adama retired Leoben by beating him with a flashlight"
"Starbuck's retirement of Simon was very graphic"
"Cally should get a medal for retiring that Cylon whore Boomer"
by Ricimer October 23, 2005
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retireded

An person of poor intellect or wit that is also retired.
My pal "Clunky" is gonna be 65 next week, he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer, so we don't know what he's gonna do after he leaves his job. He's gonna be so retireded!
by Yordys July 14, 2006
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Mariah's retoucher

When someone (mostly a celebrity) is photographed and then the photo is retouched so that the model is almost unrecognizable in a very good way, you say that they have hired Mariah's retoucher
"They have hired Mariah's retoucher for that magazinecover"
by Christine Louise March 12, 2008
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Retiree

One who is retired. More often than not, a retiree is older than 70.
Retirees live at home until they have to live in a nursing home.
by Rodney Basil July 28, 2004
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retidiot

a person that is slow to learn from thier idiotic ways.
My dog the retidiot kept eating its vomit.
The retidiot girl slamed her hand in the automatic doors again.
by Cookie of LA March 22, 2009
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Retired emo kid

A person who once was sad and now is independent. A retired emo kid use to listen to: Dashboard Confessional, The Get Up Kids and Taking Back Sunday. Being retired, they have now turned indie and listen to bands such as: Broken Social Scene, The Drums and Foals.
"Dude, remember when Brad use to listen to that depressing whiny music?"

"Yea, he was a real funkiller."

"For sure. But, I ran into him the other day and he's all indie now."

"Guess he's a retired emo kid."
by Dangercartattacks December 2, 2010
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