Hello,
context (from TV series Dexter) : a woman is dating a man for the 2nd time. Since she's paranoid (her previous boyfriend was a serial killer and tried to kill her), she wants to know better about him by looking in his chest of drawers while he's asleep. He awakes and catch her, but isn't upset about it.
She : "Would you believe I'm trying to get to know you better?
He : "By rifling through my stuff?"
She : "I'm retarded."
What's the meaning of this last sentence ? The définition given in WR dictionnary is "attardé, arriéré, lent mentalement". I don't think the definition fits with her, because she's someone good, police officer, rather clever, so nothing that could made someone consider her as retarded. Does it mean something like retarded in human feelings or contact as a consequence of her previous tragic love story ?
Thanks for your help.
context (from TV series Dexter) : a woman is dating a man for the 2nd time. Since she's paranoid (her previous boyfriend was a serial killer and tried to kill her), she wants to know better about him by looking in his chest of drawers while he's asleep. He awakes and catch her, but isn't upset about it.
She : "Would you believe I'm trying to get to know you better?
He : "By rifling through my stuff?"
She : "I'm retarded."
What's the meaning of this last sentence ? The définition given in WR dictionnary is "attardé, arriéré, lent mentalement". I don't think the definition fits with her, because she's someone good, police officer, rather clever, so nothing that could made someone consider her as retarded. Does it mean something like retarded in human feelings or contact as a consequence of her previous tragic love story ?
Thanks for your help.