Someone with a love of things (art, literature, clothes, architecture, etc) that are old-school, traditional, vintage, or simply charmingly old-fashioned.
It can include a love for any past era... be it the Tudor age, the Victorian era, or the 1980s.
A portmanteau of retro and romanticist.
It can include a love for any past era... be it the Tudor age, the Victorian era, or the 1980s.
A portmanteau of retro and romanticist.
"So are you an old fogey, conservative, reactionary, or what?"
"I'm simply a retromanticist, m'lady."
"I'm simply a retromanticist, m'lady."
by Buffo Buff January 14, 2026
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Giving somebody respect, or to respect for something that happened in the past and told in a story.
Giving somebody respect, or to respect for something that happened in the past and told in a story.
Pops: When i was your age i was in a VietCong POW camp for 2 years.
Kid: Hey i give you retroactive respect for that.
Kid: Hey i give you retroactive respect for that.
by who was that again? August 2, 2011
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Reading off someone else's bingo card to verify whether previous squares have already been provided and then marking your card accordingly. Some call this teamwork...others would call it dishonorable.
After reading off of Lauren's bingo card and retromarking his own, Mike and Lauren were both ineligibalized for the remainder of the game. Oooohh...
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Get the retrottic mug.A spanking you give to your adult offspring after you find out something atrocious they did as a child.
Bobby jr. may be 40 now but he still needs a retroactive spanking for taking his papaws truck and trading it for Pokémon cards.
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