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r-slur

r-slur noun: the word retard or retarded.

Noun (1)

r-slur (plural r-slurs)

  1. (euphemistic) The word retard or retarded.
    • admittedly as a kid/teen i would say the r-slur without second thought, as a synonym for “stupid” or “ridiculous.” the first time it was brought to my attention how insensitive that is, i stopped saying it immediately.2019 March 11, laneloveslipstick, “Plouise’s response to being called a racist after singing the N word at a Drake concert”, in Reddit, BeautyGuruChatter, archived from the original on 09 Sep 2022
    • You can't say the n-word, we're not black. You shouldn't use f-slur, you're not gay. Or the r-slur, that's ableist.2020 August 14, blinking...@gmail.com, “Bandit batteries (')”, in alt.alt (Usenet), retrieved 09 Sep 2022
    Synonyms:
    r-word

Noun (2) capitalized: R-slur

R-slur (plural R-slurs)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of r-slur.

Synonyms of r-slur

Forms of r-slur

pluralr-slurs
alternative form"R" slur
alternative form'r' slur
alternative formR slur
alternative formr slur
alternative formR-slur
pluralR-slurs

Words formed from r-slur

Questions about r-slur

What does r-slur mean?
R-slur means the word retard or retarded.
What part of speech is r-slur?
R-slur is a noun.
What is the plural of r-slur?
The plural of r-slur is r-slurs.

Words near r-slur in the dictionary

  1. R-R
  2. R-rated
  3. R-Rs
  4. r-selection
  5. R-shaped
  6. r-slur
  7. r-slurred
  8. r-slurs
  9. r-tard
  10. r-tards
  11. R-tree

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Adapted from Wiktionary: r-slur (page history and authors); R-slur (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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