👉 Retrieverish is a term used in the field of linguistics and semantics, specifically related to the act of using words in a way that emphasizes their linguistic properties or meanings. It can be defined as "the use of words in a way that emphasizes the semantic and syntactic properties of the word" (Krauss, 2015). The term is often used when studying language acquisition, learning, or communication processes, where it suggests using words to convey specific ideas or meanings