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Anon interviews for a job (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] JustARegularNerd@aussie.zone 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I never actually understood why retarded was used by mechanics when a car wasn't running right "The timing on this is a bit retarded" but now I know. Thank you

[–] HackerJoe@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

surprisingly the opposite is advanced timing, protarded isn't a word.
There is retrograde <> prograde but only Kerbal players know what it means ;)

[–] nefonous@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Not really surprising. That last part "tard" comes from the Latin tardus which basically means slow or late. The "re" particle originally just had a meaning of repetition, in this case. So being late (not for the first time? ) So changing the first part of the word wouldn't change the meaning of it so easily. Maybe technically something like "intard" could make sense in that way (similarly as what you find in words like indomitable, impossible, ineffective etc), but it doesn't really exist. Or if we want to make it more meme-like, tarden't?

Protarded actually exists as a slang with completely different meaning, but that's out of scope

Overall useless information for most, but anyway