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From /b/ - Random, an imageboard on 4chan. It combines a humorously censored version of bastard with /b/, while rhyming with retard. /b/ itself derives its name from the Futaba Channel (2chan) equivalent.

/b/tard (plural /b/tards)

1. (Internet slang) A habitual poster on the /b/ - Random board on 4chan; a member of the /b/ community.
   • 2006 July 1, nikolai kingsley, rec.games.roguelike.nethack‎^[1] (Usenet), message-ID <4gmmmbF1n9jlsU1@individual.net>:

     not to sound insulting, but are you a /b/tard by any chance?

   • 2015 March 13, David Kushner, “4chan’s Overlord Christopher Poole Reveals Why He Walked Away”, in Rolling Stone‎^[2]:

     Poole’s efforts to rein in some of the chaos earned him scorn not just from the /b/tards but also from the largest collective of wired rebels in the world, Anonymous, which had first coalesced on 4chan around 2006 as a kind of inside joke (“Anonymous” is the default handle on 4chan).

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