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The person was being called a retard because he was denigrating material that he hadn't even read because he assumed he knew what it said because he heard other people talking about it. If he had only taken the time to read it, he would realize that "optimal" didn't mean what he thought it meant at all.

Daniel N. objected to Bill's statement that Bill thought he (Bill) played a "more optimal" game than Daniel. When Daniel became defensive, Bill clarified that "I didn't say better."

Again, the mistake is not misinterpreting the term. The mistake is jumping to the conclusion that the OTHER PERSON IS WRONG without bothering to clarify.