Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mactard

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mac-tard
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who uses and uncritically advocates Macintosh computers.

Derogatory; Offensive

Example Sentences

"Lyle is also a Mactard who should have learned his lesson from the last book."
"> Because any 'tard can manage to download stuff off of Kazaa. Except us Mactards."
"BTW, you Mactards keep claiming Mac is a Unix (which it isn't), so....when will you Unix guys settle on one "distro"?"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *makkʷos Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi) Old Irish macc Middle Irish mac Scottish Gaelic mac Scottish Gaelic an Proto-Celtic *to- Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der. Proto-Indo-European *wéydtus Proto-Celtic *wissus Proto-Celtic *towissus Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂kos Proto-Celtic *-ākos Proto-Celtic *towissākos Primitive Irish ᚈᚑᚃᚔᚄᚐᚉᚔ (tovisaci) Old Irish toísech Scottish Gaelic tòisiche Scottish Gaelic Mac an Tòisiche English McIntosh English Macintosh English Mac Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂-d-o- Proto-Italic *tardo- Latin tardus Latin retardōbor. Anglo-Norman retarderbor. Middle English retarden English retard English -tard English Mactard From Mac (“a Macintosh computer”) + -tard.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Mactards (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

freetard Lintard wintard

Questions

What does mactard mean?: One who uses and uncritically advocates Macintosh computers.
Where does mactard come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *makkʷos Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi) Old Irish macc Middle Irish mac Scottish Gaelic mac Scottish Gaelic an Proto-Celtic *to- Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der. Proto-Indo-European *wéydtus Proto-Celtic *wissus Proto-Celtic *towissus Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂kos Proto-Celtic *-ākos Proto-Celtic *towissākos Primitive Irish ᚈᚑᚃᚔᚄᚐᚉᚔ (tovisaci) Old Irish toísech Scottish Gaelic tòisiche Scottish Gaelic Mac an Tòisiche English McIntosh English Macintosh English Mac Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂-d-o- Proto-Italic *tardo- Latin tardus Latin retardōbor. Anglo-Norman retarderbor. Middle English retarden English retard English -tard English Mactard From Mac (“a Macintosh computer”) + -tard.

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