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
Get the retroactive workout mug.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."
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."
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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!"
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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by Uttam Maharjan 2 April 11, 2015
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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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