wintard en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wḗh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts Proto-Germanic *windaz Old Norse vindr Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-der. Proto-Germanic *augô Proto-Norse *ᚨᚢᚷᚨ (*auga) Old Norse auga Old Norse vindaugabor. Middle English wyndowe English window English Windows Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂-d-o- Proto-Italic *tardo- Latin tardus Latin retardōbor. Anglo-Norman retarderbor. Middle English retarden English retard English -tard English wintard From Windows + -tard.
Meanings
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(Internet, derogatory, offensive, vulgar) A user or advocate of Microsoft Windows.
How 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):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):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/c036c35907ca1380
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| Wintard | alternative | lexicographic | |
| wintards | Number=Plur | lexicographic |