👉 In linguistics and psychology, "retrotemporal" refers to a type of linguistic phenomenon where words are said in a way that is not typical for their context. This can happen when a speaker uses the same or similar words in different contexts, such as describing an event from a past time frame (like "I remember it was last year when I went on vacation") versus using them to describe a new experience at a different moment (like "It's been two years since I visited that