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full retard

noun

Etymology

From the 2008 film Tropic Thunder, in which "going full retard" is used to describe an actor growing to identify too much with the mentally subnormal character he played.

Definitions

  1. A state of engaging in extreme levels of stupidity.

    • Everyone is on both sides is going full retard about this Executive Order from Trump. No one is thinking rationally.
    • They say never go full retard. America, thanks to democracy, eagerly embraced exactly that fate.
    • "You're a real fucking character, John-O," he indicated as he began chuckling out loud seeing his friend being to perform what they both called the "full retard."

  2. The setting on a magneto when the ignition spark occurs as late as possible, just before…

    The setting on a magneto when the ignition spark occurs as late as possible, just before the piston reaches top dead center.

    • It is characteristic of the usual magneto to give an ignition spark at a somewhat lower speed with the spark control in the full advance than in the full retard position.
    • Interrupter set back of center at full retard, ½ inch.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA