Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

/b/tard

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English

Syllables: /b/-tard
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A habitual poster on the /b/ - Random board on 4chan; a member of the /b/ community.

Example Sentences

"not to sound insulting, but are you a /b/tard by any chance?"
"Poole’s efforts to rein in some of the chaos earned him scorn not just from the /b/tards but also from the largest collective of wired rebels in the world, Anonymous, which had first coalesced on 4chan around 2006 as a kind of inside joke (“Anonymous” is the default handle on 4chan)."
"Slaughter, described by /b/tards as a "lulzcow ... whore," is now memorialized on Urban Dictionary as "The epitome of an eleven year old slut / poser / internet reject / scenecore wannabe.""

Etymology

From /b/ - Random, an imageboard on 4chan. It combines a humorously censored version of bastard with /b/, while rhyming with retard. /b/ itself derives its name from the Futaba Channel (2chan) equivalent.

Inflected Forms

/b/tards (plural) b-tard (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

/pol/lack /pol/tard vip tard anon Bernd chantard vipper

Synonyms

/b/ro

Questions

What does /b/tard mean?: A habitual poster on the /b/ - Random board on 4chan; a member of the /b/ community.
Where does /b/tard come from?: From /b/ - Random, an imageboard on 4chan. It combines a humorously censored version of bastard with /b/, while rhyming with retard. /b/ itself derives its name from the Futaba Channel (2chan) equivalent.

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