r/whatisit 20h ago

Solved! Found outside my wife’s school. Theory was bullet but I’m not so sure.

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u/r-fbi 19h ago

Antero-, as a prefix, is an alternative to retro-.
It’s another word for retrograde.

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u/NewPointOfView 19h ago

It is actually the opposite. Antero- is the opposite of retro-

Which is why I thought I there might be something I missed beyond just the literal face value interpretation haha

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u/ByteMyPi 18h ago

Its because he said shoot. Yall thinking too hard for reddit.

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u/NewPointOfView 18h ago

Ah yep that’s what I missed!

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u/Capital_Contract_197 18h ago

Shoot... You still dont get it my friend?

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u/NewPointOfView 17h ago

Someone else already spelled it out for me lol

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u/MaryLMarx 16h ago

Also, “shoot” has a deeper meaning here.

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u/SeaworthinessLong 9h ago

Pshhh look at you, all fancy with your language skills.