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    [Adjective]  | "ret*ro*ac*tive" | \ ˌre-trō-ˈak-tiv \


    1: extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past; especially : made effective as of a date prior to enactment, promulgation, or imposition


    Origin: 1611 ;

     French rétroactif, from Latin retroactus, past participle of retroagere to drive back, reverse, from retro- + agere to drive {mat|agent|};

     [ "retroactive" ]

    1: a commoner of the second-hand lifestyle not limited to or apart from thrift stores,used CD's tapes and especially 12" vinyl; also close corellation with founders of "fly".

      * e.g.,  ... Sandy is not only an employee at goodwill sh'e also a customer; she's retroactive. 


     [ "retroactive" ]

    2: retro active

     [ "retroactive jealousy" ]

    1: Retroactive jealousy is sometimes known as retroactive jealousy OCD, as it’s obsessive overthinking about sexual and/or romantic events, people and encounters from a partner’s past.

      * e.g.,  ... Boyfriend: Oh I forgot to tell u, I bumped into Rosie my ex in the mall yesterday 

     [ "retroactive abortion" ]

    1: a legal medical procedure for the taking of ones life regardless of their age.

      * e.g.,  ... Joe is such a loser and disliked by so many people that he is the perfect candidate for a retroactive abortion. 

     [ "retroactive love" ]

    1: falling in love after the relationship has ended

      * e.g.,  ... Mikey: Man, why don't you just get over her. It's been 3 weeks since you broke up and you barely seemed to like her. 

     [ "retroactive abortion" ]

    1: the act of eliminating people that should not be on the planet.

      * e.g.,  ... Stupid religious fucks deserve to be retroactively aborted. 

     [ "Retroactive Threat" ]

    1: A threat made by someone who has already been doing what they are treatening to do, but wants to make you think it's a new threat.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: If you don't work with me and help me out right now, I'm not going to ever help you again! Person 2: (sarcastic voice) Woah! Is that a retroactive threat?!?! You haven't helped me out the last 6 times I've asked you. You're so lame. 

     [ "retroactive workout" ]

    1: The intense physical exercise you engage in the day following a night of excessive eating/drinking.

      * e.g.,  ... 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. 

     [ "Retroactive Justification" ]

    1: When you call someone out who's wronged you and they try to use your response, anger, or retaliation to justify what they did.

      * e.g.,  ... Person A: "I only lied because I knew you'd react like this!" 

     [ "Retroactive hypocrisy" ]

    1: 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.

      * e.g.,  ... 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." 

     [ "Retroactive promotion" ]

    1: The act of making your next product so bad that it actually encourages people to buy your previous product

      * e.g.,  ... Windows 8 is an example of retroactive promotion. It was so bad, it made people go out and buy Windows 7. 

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