# What's a PALATR **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 13, 2007, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-palatr/399944 "2007-04-13T13:19:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MizGrand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cdc98d/32.png) [@MizGrand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizGrand)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-palatr/399944/1 "2007-04-13T13:19:42Z")
Simple enuff. Anybody care to share? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-palatr/399944/2 "2007-04-13T13:20:16Z")
Simple insult: Points And Laughs At The Retard. (And that’s the six thousand! _pops cork_) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-palatr/399944/3 "2007-04-13T13:36:22Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] Simple insult: Points And Laughs At The Retard. (And that’s the six thousand! _pops cork_) [/QUOTE] So few people get to laugh at retards for their 6000th post. ---
**Author:** ![MizGrand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cdc98d/32.png) [@MizGrand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizGrand)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-palatr/399944/4 "2007-04-13T13:47:55Z")
Thanks **Mal**! Ignorance fought successfully! Intent of Board upheld!!! ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-palatr/399944/5 "2007-04-13T14:59:16Z")
I actually submitted that term to [urbandictionary.com](http://urbandictionary.com) a while back after seeing it on this board. I can’t check it at work, but I wonder if it’s been approved… ---
**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-palatr/399944/6 "2007-04-13T15:32:30Z")
[QUOTE=LunaV] I actually submitted that term to [urbandictionary.com](http://urbandictionary.com) a while back after seeing it on this board. I can’t check it at work, but I wonder if it’s been approved… [/QUOTE] You made it! > [@](#): > > PALATR > > Acronym for Point And Laugh At The Retard > > “Hey, Mommy - that man is drooling!” “Timmy, don’t PALATR, it isn’t nice.” > > by LunaV Florida Mar 17, 2007 ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-palatr/399944/7 "2007-04-13T16:31:58Z")
It’s also a device for seeing fr awy in the works of “JR” Tolkn. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-palatr/399944/8 "2007-04-14T17:12:50Z")
[QUOTE=JohnM] You made it! [/QUOTE] Cool! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-palatr/399944/9 "2007-04-15T03:21:32Z")
[QUOTE=panamajack] It’s also a device for seeing fr awy in the works of “JR” Tolkn. [/QUOTE] Heh heh … that’s [palantír](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palant%C3%ADr). ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-palatr/399944/10 "2007-04-15T16:29:58Z")
And Sauron most definitely did _not_ appreciate being called a retard. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-palatr/399944/11 "2007-04-16T04:49:49Z")
[QUOTE=chorpler] Heh heh … that’s [palantír](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palant%C3%ADr). [/QUOTE] PALTR’ing. The dorks over @ wikipedia have a longer, more detailed entry for a rock in a child’s book than they do for the [a series of real wars](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_wars) that spanned 13 years.