Avatard

English

Etymology

Avatar +‎ -tard.

Noun

Avatard (plural Avatards)

1. (fandom slang) A fan of the Avatar: The Last Airbender multimedia franchise.
   • 2006 September 14, Antonio E. Gonzalez, “Friday: Avatar *and* Teen Titans!”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

     This Friday not only has the long-awaited Avatar episode/movie "Secret of the Fire Nation," but also the broadcast premiere of "Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo." Considering TT:TiT will re-air Saturday, people that are both Avatards and Titards won't have to make the Tough Decision. Either way, looks to be a Good Friday!

   • 2007 December 8, S.t.A.n.L.e.E, “Re: Anime Convention Schedule - December 2007”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

     And for the Avatards out there, some possible spoilers from the panel: […] (boy and girl on the left re-enacting script of Mai and Zuko's first kiss explored only in the Avatar comics, but with the boy=Mai and girl=Zuko just for fun)

   • 2008 December 18, CD Covington 🐀 (@exaggerated), Twitter‎^[1], archived from the original on 18 April 2023:

     I think I'm finally satisfied with this fic. Let's share it with other Avatards and see what *they* think.

   • 2009 January 29, Jeff Yang, “'Avatar' an Asian thing- why isn't the cast?”, in SFGate‎^[2], archived from the original on 2 November 2012; quoted in ““Avatar” an Asian Thing—Why Isn’t the Cast?”, in Ken White, Race, the Hollywood Way: Current Trends, Pearson Learning Solutions, 2015, →ISBN, pages 245–246:

     Last month, with the unveiling of the film’s principal cast, the fans’ worst fears were realized, prompting self-proclaimed “Avatards”—chief among them ‘toon titans Yang and Kim—to launch a protest that’s generated torrents of both support and criticism. […] In short, these casting decisions ring false to the show’s spirit; the very spirit that has transfixed millions of young fans and brought legions of Avatards together into a passionate community.

   • 2013 September 22, Mitchel Clow, “SeptBender: The best ‘The Legend of Korra’ minor characters (GIFs)”, in Hypable‎^[3], archived from the original on 31 January 2018:

     The love Avatards have for this minor character is baffling.

2. (fandom slang) A fan of the Avatar media franchise.
   • 2009 December 22, “Nerd, nerd, nerd is the word”, in Daily News, page 28:

     That young man who won’t stop talking about the new movie “Avatar” and is trying to learn the language of the Na’vi people so he can tell his girlfriend, if he ever gets one, that he loves her in this imaginary tongue? He’s just an . . . Avatard.

   • 2010 January 11, The Guardian‎^[4]:

     Move over Twihards, here come the Avatards

   • 2010 August 26, Sally Kline, “‘Avatar’ comes back to big screen in 3-D”, in The San Francisco Examiner, page 31:

     Those so-called “Avatards” will be anxious to check out the extraterrestrial epic’s unseen computer-generated bits and pieces.

   • 2010 May 2, Nick Kreiss, “Is Avatar the Future of Movies? I Hope Not”, in HuffPost‎^[5], archived from the original on 18 April 2023:

     These people in the audience were Avatards, most of us are Avatards. We buy that shit hook line, and sinker. After all, who am I to doubt the audacity of the endeavor or the mind-numbing execution by the self pronounced "King of the World"? I had to curtail my laughter, I had to become a fan; I feared if I didn't, the Avatards would take me out back and stone me with made up rocks from Pandora.

   • 2022 December 8, Michael Joyce, “Film reviews: Avatar: Way of Water, Alejandro G. Iñárritu's Bardo”, in Ham & High‎^[6], archived from the original on 22 December 2022:

     Though much derided since, Avatar was a great cinematic event, a genuine wow. The problem is that wow faded quickly; despite millions going to see it on the big screen, almost none of us became Avatards.