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Avantarded

• November 19th, 2009
• 7:50 pm

a-van-tard-ed (adj.) — avɒ˜ː(ŋ)ˈtɑːdɪd

The more or less giddy peddling of postmodern or fashionable ideas in a way that lacks real understanding, care or critique : Jack is completely avantarded.

ORIGIN early 21st cent.: portmanteau of French retarder, from Latin retardare, from re- ‘back’ + tardus ‘slow.’; avant-garde, late Middle English (denoting the vanguard of an army) from French, literally vanguard: a position at the forefront of new developments or ideas.

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