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retrovester 

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.
I'm not a true retrovester. I can't find any vintage nicotine patches.
retrovester by Lindybeige August 11, 2011

retrovestry 

The practice of wearing vintage clothing, particularly from the era of swing dance (late 1920s to 1940s), as day-to-day clothing, as opposed to for special occasions only. See also retrovester.
Her dedication to retrovestry was remarkable. Even her tattoos were from period photographs.
retrovestry by Lindybeige August 11, 2011
Saving a file, document or other electronic format back to an previous version of that program. This feature is usually accessed via the "Save as" prompt in most applications.

(Origins- retro and save: "Retro-pertaining to a style of an earlier time", "Save-to electronically copy a file from RAM onto disk or other storage medium)
"I do not have Photoshop CS3, so I can not open your .PSD. Can you retrosave it to Photoshop 7?"

"The file '_____.docx' can not be opened as you do not have the latest version of MS Office. Please have the sender Retrosave it to an earlier version of MS Word."
Retrosave by jkleinrichert October 1, 2008

Retrovert 

A fake, retro-styled ad usually created by a YouTuber who is looking to add to the overall theme and style of the video.
Person 1: "Hey, did you know that Ricky Summer is advertising a mercenary company?"
Person 2: "That's a Retrovert, it isn't real."
Retrovert by Synonymynymynym January 20, 2020

Retro Love 

good old fashion love... back when niggas wasn't afraid of showin love
Ima Give you that retro love
Retro Love by speedyking90 October 18, 2007

retrowave 

Synthwave with a dark dystopian cyberpunk noir aesthetic;

A sub-genre of synthwave.
"I really love new retrowave artists like Kalax, let's go snort some cocaine while we fuck around with VR now."
retrowave by 77913845 June 5, 2018