From Michael Quinion’s World Wide Words #674 (1/27/10): AVATARD  A chorus of disagreement came from readers over this. All were sure it’s from “Avatar” + “retard”, as are “celebutard” and a few other slang terms, using “retard” in its current abusive sense of a mentally retarded person. Another term of similar origin, I am told, is “freetard”, which was … Continue reading Libfixes