What does this mean to you?

[Granny_Weatherwax]

I was in a recent conversation and someone made the comment about 'being tart level'. The conversation was regarding education.

 

I have never heard that expression. 

 

I assume it is not an accolade. 

 

Is it regional?

[Guest]

I have no idea what that even means. Being a tart is usually a combo of young, a little tacky, and slutty... How that works into education I have no clue.

Edited July 29, 2016 by Arctic Mama

[ILiveInFlipFlops]

I've also heard it used as a slang word for developmentally delayed, particularly in reference to the small yellow schoolbuses (I can't even use the phrases here, they make me so unhappy). In that case, it's a shortened version of the R word.

Edited July 29, 2016 by ILiveInFlipFlops

[zoobie]

Tar-t or tar-d? The former is usually a softer form of slut. The latter is slang and short for the R-word.

[Arcadia]

Tar-t or tar-d? The former is usually a softer form of slut. The latter is slang and short for the R-word.

This is how I interpret as well. The special needs yellow bus is the same as the K-5 yellow bus. There is another special needs bus here which is a white passenger van.

[Granny_Weatherwax]

Tar-t or tar-d? The former is usually a softer form of slut. The latter is slang and short for the R-word.

She wrote tart. No one corrected spelling and the conversation continued with 'tart'.

 

Tard I would have understood.  :(

[Granny_Weatherwax]

Thanks so much. That's what I thought. Either way - tart or tard - the perspective of this person has shocked me. I wish I had innate wit and could have put her in her place immediately.

[Outdoorsy Type]

Any chance it was a weird auto correct and everyone just pretended it didn't happen?

[theelfqueen]

I've seen people misspell "retarded" as "retarted."

 

[zoobie]

Or she simply doesn't know how to spell her hateful insult.

[Seasider]

Or she simply doesn't know how to spell her hateful insult.

Well, that would be fitting, wouldn't it?

[zoobie]

Well, that would be fitting, wouldn't it?

Yeah, that's what I was thinking, but given my DC with dyslexia, I know spelling and intelligence aren't related. She has opened my eyes to typos and all manner of things that have made me twitch for years. :)

[LucyStoner]

Am I the only one who was confused because the first thing I associate with tart is pastry? Fruit tarts, lemon curd tart, chocolate tarts.

 

From context it sounds like they meant tard. They clearly are sucky human beings who deserve no lemon tarts.

Edited July 29, 2016 by LucyStoner

[theelfqueen]

But *I* can have lemon tarts... so many lemon tarts. MMMMMMMMMMMMM

 

[Granny_Weatherwax]

Am I the only one who was confused because the first thing I associate with tart is pastry? Fruit tarts, lemon curd tart, chocolate tarts.

 

From context it sounds like they meant tard. They clearly are sucky human beings who deserve no lemon tarts.

That's exactly what I thought. I was wondering if perhaps for those 'in the know' with cooking phrases that tart level may have meant something simple and easy, beginner level baking.

[Spryte]

I immediately thought of raspberry tarts. But lemon sounds yummy, too.

[TravelingChris]

Tarts are yummy.  I would think tart level would come before pie level which would come before puff pastry level which would come before croissant level.  Below tart level would be cookie level since they are usually easier to make

[frogger]

This is a nice twist. A thread that started sour and went sweet.

 

I confess to hating the misuse of the word retarded. Having grown up with a brother who happened to have Down Syndrome it was drilled into me that this was the proper name and that it didn't mean stupid but rather slow to learn.

 

So when people misuse it they aren't insulting the people they think they are insulting. Grrr

 

I must confess that I dislike disabled which really means not able. I don't like that that has come into use or the word handicapped which implies begging. I do prefer special needs since retarded has been completely ruined by some people.

 

Sorry for my little tangent.

[TianXiaXueXiao]

In CS Lewis' memoir about his youth, Surprised by Joy, the tarts (male or female) in his school were the ones who offered company and sex to the bullies who ran the show.

[purplejackmama]

Tarts are yummy. I would think tart level would come before pie level which would come before puff pastry level which would come before croissant level. Below tart level would be cookie level since they are usually easier to make

Slice and bake cookie level

[TrulySusan]

Could you ask? "Sorry, friend, I don't know what that word means." If she has to explain it and it's mean, maybe she will think twice about using it again. If it means something else, you learn a new word and can come back here and teach it to all of us!

[ILiveInFlipFlops]

Could you ask? "Sorry, friend, I don't know what that word means." If she has to explain it and it's mean, maybe she will think twice about using it again. If it means something else, you learn a new word and can come back here and teach it to all of us!

 

I love this!

[SKL]

Yeah, I think I would ask the user what it means.

 

I have no idea - maybe it's something young people say in school these days.

 

Did you try the urban dictionary?

[SKL]

I just checked the urban dictionary and they do have a term "tart cart" for the short bus.  So I guess "tart level" most likely means for slow learners.

[Guest]

I just checked the urban dictionary and they do have a term "tart cart" for the short bus. So I guess "tart level" most likely means for slow learners.

That's just terrible. People suck.

[Seasider]

I just checked the urban dictionary and they do have a term "tart cart" for the short bus. So I guess "tart level" most likely means for slow learners.

So ugly. So so ugly.

[ILiveInFlipFlops]

I just checked the urban dictionary and they do have a term "tart cart" for the short bus.  So I guess "tart level" most likely means for slow learners.

 

That's the term I was referring to. It's sickening.