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The person who made that ridiculous list must be retarded.
by hallucinog3n March 27, 2010
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David Beckham is retarded

LONDON: Superstar David Beckham, whose mental agility has been questioned before in the media, has said his six-year-old son's maths homework leaves him baffled.

The England captain and Real Madrid midfielder was forced to call on his wife Victoria, a former member of the Spice Girls pop group, to help their son Brooklyn with a school assignment because the footballer found the sums too difficult.

"Their homework is so hard these days," Beckham, 30, said in an interview with the Mail on Sunday.

"It's totally done differently to what I was teached when I was at school, and you know I was like 'Oh my God, I can't do this'."

Multi-millionaire Beckham, who has become regular tabloid fare because of his dress sense and hairstyles, said after failing in mathematics he offered to read a book with Brooklyn instead.
by Coaster April 13, 2006
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the definition for "retarded" is:
the movie When A Stranger Calls.
yeah that movie is retarded.
by RedMunchkinSam August 13, 2006
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retarded

A savage word for "stupid", "dumb", "idiotic", and/or "moronic".

It has quite a history. It originated from the latin term "retard" which means "to slow down". It then lead to the FORMER medical term (which got phased out/replaced with "intellectual disability") "mental retardation" which meant an Intelligence Quotient (IQ) of 70 or lower. "Mental Retardation" was the noun that lead to the adjective "mentally retarded" which then lead to just simply "retarded".

"Retarded" became a slang/derogatory term for "stupid" and politically correct people disliked it. That's why "mental retardation" got phased out in federal documents and alot of medical documents. Terms like "idiot" and "moron" have a similar history as "retarded".

With such a history, politically correct people often dislike it when people use the word "retarded" both formally (when referring to someone with a low IQ level) and informally (when just referring to a stupid person who doesn't necessarily have a low IQ level).

About 95% of the time when people use the term "retarded" they're using it INFORMALLY (when they just mean "stupid" but are not aiming/directing it at or referring to someone with a low level IQ). Politically correct people don't like this. Yet people who use the term "retarded" informally, aren't even trying to insult those with low IQ levels. This is fine.

About 5% of the time when people say "retarded" they're talking about people with low IQ levels. They're jerks and this is unacceptable.
Informal:

Person A-That person who went drunk driving is retarded.

Person B-Haha

Person C (politically correct)-Don't say "retarded" because my cousin has Down Syndrome.

Person A-Shutup. I'm not aiming it at your cousin. You're the one being retarded.

Formal:

Person D-My neighbor has a 14 year old kid who needs a babysitter.

Person E-Why?

Person D-He is retarded. He can't use the
bathroom or microwave. He is retarded.

Person F-STFU! You are not supposed to call people like him "retarded"

Savage:

Person G-You are stupid!

Person H-You are retarded!
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“He retarded as shit must be Tobias slow ass.”
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That meth head retarded
by Cherylyn July 29, 2019
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A term used to describe an infectious rap/hip-hop beat that is so phat it makes one's head jerk violently as if he/she were severely mentally handicapped.

The effects of such beats can be extremely amusing if viewed from a distance (while driving, for example), particularly if the person who's neck is snappin' has no idea whatsoever that they are being watched. Sometimes, however, this cannot be controlled.
"Yo did you hear that new Timbaland joint? That beat is totally retarded man."
by M Rockwell January 30, 2007
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