Mactard

English

Etymology

Mac (“a Macintosh computer”) +‎ -tard

Pronunciation
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Noun

Mactard (plural Mactards)

  1. (Internet slang, derogatory) One who uses and uncritically advocates Macintosh computers.
    • 2002 May 17, geek_girl, “Re: My little Bromo rant”, in misc.fitness.weights‎ (Usenet):
      Lyle is also a Mactard who should have learned his lesson from the last book.
    • 2003 July 20, Tonawanda Kardex, “Re: OT Recording industry on attack”, in alt.sports.basketball.nba.la-lakers‎ (Usenet):
      > Because any 'tard can manage to download stuff off of Kazaa.
      Except us Mactards.
    • 2005 June 14, Liam Slider, “Re: Linux Dev switching to OS X,Mac?”, in comp.sys.mac.advocacy‎ (Usenet):
      BTW, you Mactards keep claiming Mac is a Unix (which it isn't), so....when will you Unix guys settle on one "distro"?
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