1981, Arnaud De Borchgrave, Robert Moss, The Spike
I would prefer to call them retromingent reactionaries." After some of the United Nations delegates with whom O'Reilly had tangled looked up the word ...
1990, Laura Kalman, Abe Fortas: A Biography
He said that the United Mine Workers had long known of the "retromingent" attitude of Mr. Portas, which he pronounced Fort-ass. All those in the room waited ...
2005, Angelo Codevilla, No Victory, No Peace
This retromingent concept begged the question of what accomplishments would justify the intervention in the first place. The US government's most ...
2006 Eric Boehlert, Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush
In his missive to Irvine, Bradlee referred to him as a "miserable, carping retromingent vigilante." As Bradlee's correspondence illustrates, ...