Celebutard

//səˈlɛbjutɑɹd// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A celebrity viewed as unintelligent; especially a celebrity who behaves badly in public. derogatory, informal, offensive, slang

    "Paris Hilton … helped coin the buzzword celebutard, a cross between celebrity and retard. From her sex tapes to having her belongings auctioned on the Web, she seems to totter from one embarrassing moment to another."

Example

More examples

"Paris Hilton … helped coin the buzzword celebutard, a cross between celebrity and retard. From her sex tapes to having her belongings auctioned on the Web, she seems to totter from one embarrassing moment to another."

Etymology

Blend of celebrity + debutante + retard. The first documented usage of the term was in a story about Paris Hilton published in the New York Post on 21 January 2006 ("Paris With a P"), which was followed by the second documented usage of the term in another story about Hilton published in the same paper five days later ("Unedited Paris Not Cute at All").

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