A person who wears vintage clothing, especially from the swing dance era (late 1920s to 1940s), as everyday apparel, as opposed to wearing it only for special occasions. See also retrovestry.
From 'retro', a Latin-derived prefix meaning backwards, which today often refers specifically to the imitation of fashions from the recent past, and 'vest' (Middle English: from Old French vestiment, from Latin vestimentum, from vestire 'clothe', or from the Italian vestis, meaning 'garment'), plus 'er' a suffix descriptive of a person of a type described by the rest of the word.
From 'retro', a Latin-derived prefix meaning backwards, which today often refers specifically to the imitation of fashions from the recent past, and 'vest' (Middle English: from Old French vestiment, from Latin vestimentum, from vestire 'clothe', or from the Italian vestis, meaning 'garment'), plus 'er' a suffix descriptive of a person of a type described by the rest of the word.
by Lindybeige August 11, 2011
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When someone working for the government or the military retires from their job and only afterward comes clean about all of the corruption and mistakes that the government makes.
"Dude, legalization is just around the corner I'm telling you! The former police chief of Seattle gave an interview and even he said that the war on drugs, especially marijuana prohibition, has been destructive, expensive, and a complete failure."
"He's got major retirement balls man. Why didn't he just say that like 5 years ago?"
"He's got major retirement balls man. Why didn't he just say that like 5 years ago?"
by Tijani January 25, 2009
Get the retirement balls mug.throwing away a machine or human after it is decided that they are so worn out or used up that there is no value left. the human gets a small pension that is not enough to live on, the machine is junked.
by knowman February 21, 2009
Get the retirement mug.Aka - the kid's grandparent's house, free babysitting, (even though you should really be paying them). They want to enjoy their retirement that they worked so hard for and planned for a long time, but now, they can't.
I know we have had a whole year to make other arrangements, but we can just bring the kids to the anti-retirement home everyday. I know they are retired, but It's free and I don't trust anyone else.
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son: dad can you show me a bigbrain amongus reference
dad: sure you know about "suspension without retirement"?
son: wdym?
dad: what do people receive when they retire?
son: ...a pension?
dad: now you get it son?
son: omg thanks dad
(son plays amongus as red)
blue: i saw pink killed cyan in electrical and vented to medbay
red: sure he's suspension without retirement
blue: wdym red
red: what do people get when they retire?
black: kinda sus, at least he's just a kid
purple: yea let's vote him out
(red was not the impostor. 1 impostor remains.)
dad: sure you know about "suspension without retirement"?
son: wdym?
dad: what do people receive when they retire?
son: ...a pension?
dad: now you get it son?
son: omg thanks dad
(son plays amongus as red)
blue: i saw pink killed cyan in electrical and vented to medbay
red: sure he's suspension without retirement
blue: wdym red
red: what do people get when they retire?
black: kinda sus, at least he's just a kid
purple: yea let's vote him out
(red was not the impostor. 1 impostor remains.)
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"That's just my retirement plan."
"That's just my retirement plan."
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