Meanings
wintard1
plural wintards · alternative Wintard
- InternetderogatoryoffensivevulgarA user or advocate of Microsoft Windows.
Wonder if the other Wintards around here get as large an allowance from their mommies as you obviously do?
2007 August 29, "nostop" (author), “Re: Why Vists is sometimes no more useful than a pile of wet dog crap”, in microsoft.public.windows.vista.general (Usenet)2 more examples
Stop being such a Wintard and at least have the backbone required to acknowledge some brilliant engineering.
1999 March 23, Kevin M. “ktaggart” Taggart, ‘Re: "Infinite Loop"’, comp.sys.mac.advocacy, Usenet http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/c036c35907ca1380How come you post all your wintard drivel in comp.os.linux.advocacy instead of windope.clippy.os.worshipper.advocacy where you can be more readily appreciated. LOL!!!
2006 June 25, “7” (author), “Re: [News] Windows 98 Users Headed for Linux?”, in comp.os.linux.advocacy (Usenet)
Wintard2
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂weh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂wḗh₁ti
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂wéh₁n̥ts
- Proto-Germanic*windaz
- Old Norsevindr
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃ekʷ-
- Proto-Germanic*augô
- Proto-Norse*ᚨᚢᚷᚨ (*auga)
- Old Norseauga
- Old Norsevindauga
- Middle Englishwyndowe
- Englishwindow
- EnglishWindows
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂dos
- Proto-Italic*tardos
- Latintardus
- Latinretardō
- Anglo-Normanretarder
- Middle Englishretarden
- Englishretard
- Englishwintard
Cite this entry
wintard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wintard
“wintard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wintard. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wintard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wintard.
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