Special Species of Retard

When someone is acting so much like a retard that they are different than your average retard

Damn Jose, you are a special species of retard.

Jesus Luis, are you a special species of retard?

by OP_eLaniM December 13, 2018

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Jankell Gonzalez

Jankell Gonzalez is Retarded

by Narno Martinez August 2, 2020

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harry.

harry is such a retard - he thinks babies are dead before they’re born and that they float in space

by lolololoololoñooñ July 1, 2018

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Retard^2

An otherwise healthy person who is acting retarded.

The retard^2 was acting retarded, which was a retarded thing to do anyway.”

by Suddenly G August 24, 2021

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A retarder is a device used to augment or replace some of the functions of primary friction-based braking systems, usually on heavy vehicles. Retarders serve to slow vehicles, or maintain a steady speed while traveling down a hill, and help prevent the vehicle from "running away" by accelerating down the hill. They are not usually capable of bringing vehicles to a standstill, as their effectiveness diminishes as vehicle speed lowers. They are usually used as an additional "assistance" to slow vehicles, with the final braking done by a conventional friction braking system. As the friction brake will be used less, particularly at higher speeds, their service life is increased, and since in those vehicles the brakes are air-actuated helps to conserve air pressure too.

Friction-based braking systems are susceptible to "brake fade" when used extensively for continuous periods, which can be dangerous if braking performance drops below what is required to stop the vehicle – for instance if a truck or bus is descending a long decline. For this reason, such heavy vehicles are frequently fitted with a supplementary system that is not friction-based.

Retarders are not restricted to road motor vehicles, but may also be used in railway systems. The British prototype Advanced Passenger Train (APT) used hydraulic retarders to allow the high-speed train to stop in the same distance as standard lower speed trains, as a pure friction-based system was not viable.

The truck used the retarder while going down the hill.

by Huvudpersson July 24, 2017

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