tardling

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noun

A contemptible person, especially a foolish one.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

nountardling (plural tardlings)

plural tardlings

  1. derogatoryslangA contemptible person, especially a foolish one.

    Big words? The biggest word in there had two syllables, tardling.

    1999 October 17, Sergi, “Re: That's a Loaf Head”, in alt.gossip.celebrities (Usenet)
    2 more examples

    Suggestion: get your facts straight before you run at the mouth, tardling.

    2003 July 9, Mike Colburn, “Re: Newsgroup of the Living Dead”, in alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk (Usenet)

    Since I'm very large, very white, and very hairy, I started going by Vanilla Gorilla. Seemed appropriate. Later, some tardling tried to insult me by calling me "Monkey Boy".

    2004 September 28, Vanilla Gorilla (Monkey Boy) [username], “Re: James you can be the GURU!! Re: ON THE WATCH OF THE ONLY BUDDHA ON THE PLANET”, in alt.consciousness.4th-way (Usenet)

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

tardling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tardling

MLA

“tardling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tardling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tardling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tardling.

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