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Podcast: Word of the Day
Episode: Retcon
Description: Retcon is a verb that means ‘to revise an aspect of a fictional work.’
A recent addition to the English language, retcon emerged in the 1980s as an abbreviation for the words ‘retroactive community.’ Mostly used as a verb, it may also be used as a noun to refer to the act of making a revision to a fictional work. Here’s an example of the word used both a noun and a verb:
I noticed a retcon in the first few minutes of that movie when they tried to bring back a character who had previo...