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#1 2017-04-02 02:50:52

Dixon Wragg
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From: Cotati, California
Registered: 2008-07-04
Posts: 1375

Put on your retrospecs

Among all the product names, company names, and other puns, there may actually be an eggcorn here:

As of late our footage was used in past Hall of Fame induction shows and Don Prudhomme retro specs on his retirement.
[from a Word document]

retrospecs are a good way to look back fondly on that body of work
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It’s easy to imagine that someone may see “retro specs” as a real term based on an eyeglasses metaphor, signifying peering into the past.

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