retrovate 

To return to an earlier state, the opposite of renovate or gentrify.

The hippies spashed brown paint on the walls of their building, removed a door, and broke two windows in an effort to retrovate.

retrovate by Mr. Noah Tall February 19, 2011

retrovate 

To come up with an idea that you aren't aware is already around. From "retro" meaning backwards/before and "innovate".

To retrovate something, one must think it's an entirely new idea. That is, he must not have any prior knowledge of the idea being around. (Retrovation is a form of plagiarism if the idea is published.)

Man: "I had an awesome idea. You could go make me a sandwich, woman!"
Woman: "You might've just retrovated that, honey."
Man: "No back-talk woman, make me a sandwich!"

Guy: "I coined the phrase nbd two years ago, now everyone I know is using it!"
Girl: "Wow, that's pretty badass. . . Except it was the urbandictionary.com word of the day July 2, 2007. I think you might've retrovated it."
Guy: "God dammit... Sleep with me anyway?"
Girl: "Wasn't going to happen to begin with."

lamer21: "Dude, there was an xkcd on retrovation, check it out, it's comic 827."
blackHatDude: "Retrovation means you had the idea after, it doesn't mean you had it before and never publicized it. By the way, I thought I should inform you, I hit your cat the other day, he didn't run away."

retrovate by sarcastic_Slick December 20, 2010

Retrocades 

Modern day arcades with mostly retro arcade games of the 80's and 90's. Also a place where adults can relive their chilhood and/or share that experience with their children. Some retrocades also serve alcohol and carry plenty of craft beer on tap.

I want to take the kids to the Retrocades so that we can get in some retro arcade gaming.

We are going out with the boys to play old school arcade games at the Retrocades.

Retrocades by RetroCades August 30, 2013

Retrogamer 

A retrogamer is a gamer preferring playing and collecting retro games - older video games and arcade games. They may also be called classic gamers or old-school gamers, which are terms that are more prevalent in the United States. The games are played either on the original hardware, on modern hardware via console emulation, or on modern hardware via ports or compilations.

If a gamer likes old video games, he's a retrogamer.

Retrogamer by Caleb_Nyuu June 12, 2013

Renovate

ren·o·vate
/ˈrenəˌvāt/

Synonymous to the phrase “air this bitch out”, renovate is a term used when an ingnorant person is going to harm the vicinity due to a minor/avoidable inconvenience.

Mark: Ay foul man
Ben: What ?? I didn’t touch you at all
Mark: Nah it’s my ball— ight y’all keep playing imma go get sumn to renovate this bitch.
Leland: I ain’t wanna be here no mo

Renovate by urban-websters August 26, 2022

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

Rennovater

One who enjoys complaining and talking about things they hate. Enjoys discussing life's letdowns and whining.

Amy is such a rennovater! She never stops talking about how much life sucks!

Rennovater by Twiggy20 September 24, 2011