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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
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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

Retrovertigo 

Track 3 on the album named 'California' by 'Mr Bungle' who are a band with frontman Mike Patton.
Jason: Have you heard Mr Bungle's new album?
Oliver: Yeah! I love retrovertigo!, what a song!

Retrovert 

go back to a previous state; enjoy things from back in the day.
Sarah: That guy's so lame; he doesn't understand popular culture, he's listening to Ratt, what is he wearing? He's stuck in the 80s.

Dean: He's not lame, he's a retrovert.
Retrovert by Vitamin-D January 17, 2011

Retrorted 

A man that thinks hes smart but actually dances fortnite default dance instead ofthe best dance AKA HYPE!!1 Now this is epic
Daniel: look i can default dance
Josh: youre so retrorted cant even hype
Retrorted by Lilyandjosh November 12, 2018

Retroverse 

All old stuff that was in the past which is still there but stored in the past only
Guy: Man I wish I could get my old ps2 back

Guy 2: It's still there, but in the retroverse.
Retroverse by FakeWordsLol September 11, 2021