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(shortened form of RETroactive CONtinuity; first made popular in the comic book world) 1. (original meaning) Adding information to the back story of a fictional character or world, without invalidating that which had gone before. 2. (more common usage) Adding or altering information regarding the back story of a fictional character or world, regardless of whether the change contradicts what was said before.
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