different between celebutard vs tard

English

Etymology

Blend of celebrity +? debutante +? retard. The first documented usage of the term was in a story about Paris Hilton published in the New York Post on 21 January 2006 ("Paris With a P"), which was followed by the second documented usage of the term in another story about Hilton published in the same paper five days later ("Unedited Paris Not Cute at All").

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /s??l?bjut??d/, /s??l?bj?t??d/

Noun

celebutard (plural celebutards)

1. (informal, derogatory, offensive, slang) A celebrity viewed as unintelligent; especially a celebrity who behaves badly in public.
   • 2007, Clayton Neuman, “The Time 100 – Are They Worthy?” in Time, 17 April

     Paris Hilton … helped coin the buzzword celebutard, a cross between celebrity and retard. From her sex tapes to having her belongings auctioned on the Web, she seems to totter from one embarrassing moment to another.

   • 2009, Andrea Peyser, “Celebutards: A Pox on All the Celebs and Politicians Gone Wild” in New York Post, 25 January

     [A]t some point between the moment a movie script wanders into the hands of a world-class celebutard such as George Clooney, and the words travel through lilting vocal chords and land on unsuspecting ears, something terrible occurs.

See also

• celebretard

References

English

Alternative forms

• 'tard

Etymology

Aphetic form of retard.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)d

Noun

tard (plural tards)

1. (slang, derogatory, offensive) A person with mental retardation.
2. (slang, derogatory, offensive) A person who acts stupidly.

Usage notes

See the usage notes about retard.

Related terms

Anagrams

• ADRT, Art.D., DART, DTRA, Dart, dart, drat, trad

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan tard, from Latin tard?.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ta?t/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?tart/

Adverb

tard

1. late

Related terms

Further reading

• “tard” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

From Old French tard, tart, from Latin tarde

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta?/
• (France) IPA^(key): /ta?/
• (Quebec, formal) IPA^(key): [t???]
• (Quebec, informal) IPA^(key): [t?????]
• Rhymes: -a?

Adverb

tard

1. late

   Antonym: tôt

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “tard” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Alternative forms

• trad (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French tard, tart, from Latin tarde.

Adverb

tard

1. (Guernsey) late

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan tard, from Latin tarde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tart]

Adverb

tard

1. late