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retroactive workout

The intense physical exercise you engage in the day following a night of excessive eating/drinking.
Man, I drank like thirteen beers last night and had seventeen bagel bites. I need to do a major retroactive workout today to burn off all those calories.
by proboscidae0hey May 15, 2010
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Retroactive hypocrisy

A special case of a strawman argument in which, after being criticized for being hypocritical, one intentionally mischaracterizes the criticism as being an additional layer of hypocrisy.
Person A) "It's pure hypocrisy that after being so concerned with Hillary's private emails, Republicans are shrugging after we find out Ivanka Trump has been sending official White House business emails from a private account."

Person B: "Oh, what? So you were perfectly fine with Hillary doing it, but you care all of a sudden when Ivanka does it? It's YOU who's a hypocrite."

Person A: "Don't pull that retroactive hypocrisy on me. I didn't say anything about my own approval or disapproval of either Hillary or Ivanka."
by bwseventytwo November 19, 2018
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Retroactive Justification

When you call someone out who's wronged you and they try to use your response, anger, or retaliation to justify what they did.
Person A: "I only lied because I knew you'd react like this!"
Person B: "That's some retroactive justification bullshit! That's not how time works. The cause happens BEFORE the result, dumbass!"
by Gaius315 March 16, 2022
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Retromancer

A person, or group of persons dedicated to the revival and/or resurrection of any and all things now considered 'retro'.
"Those retromancers are weird... The internet was *so* 90's."
by Anoiktos November 23, 2006
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retromania

obsession with past things or events or experiences.
She is lost in retromania.
by Uttam Maharjan 2 April 11, 2015
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Retroactive promotion

The act of making your next product so bad that it actually encourages people to buy your previous product
Windows 8 is an example of retroactive promotion. It was so bad, it made people go out and buy Windows 7.
by fluffypenis June 26, 2018
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retromancy

The act or practice of reviving and/or resurrecting any or all things now considered 'retro'.
John liked to engage in a little light retromancy at work by sporting a mullet and a pinstripe suit while referring to co-workers as "dudes".
by Anoiktos October 3, 2007
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