archivegotcha
/ˈɑːkaɪvˌɡɒtʃə/nounVerified NewA post or statement excavated from years earlier and redeployed as a contradiction of its author's present position.
Everyone's record is now permanent and searchable. The gotcha treats a decade-old self as the same person, and the excavation is often more effective than any rebuttal.
Etym. — archive + gotcha — the gotcha mined rather than made.
Novelty check: NEW · checked 2026-11-08
review evidence: wordstoreview/review-batch-3-10-media.md
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Method: Editorial batch review — per-word exact-form web search (WebSearch/Tavily) per docs/REVIEW-criteria.md §2