reversion to earlier type: reversion to an earlier ancestral type. person resembling ancestor: an animal or person bearing a striking resemblance to an ancestor. anachronistic thing: something contemporary that seems to belong to the past. http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861719994 a reversion to an earlier stage of development. a person similar to an ancestor, or something new similar to what already existed http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/throwback an instance of reversion to an earlier stage, form, or the like a reappearance of an outmoded procedure, system, or the like. http://www.wordsmyth.net/live/home.php?script=search&matchent=throwback&matchtype=exact 1. an act of throwing back. 2. a setback or check. 3. the reversion to an ancestral or earlier type or character; atavism. http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/throwback something that is like a thing from an earlier time http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=throwback*1+0&dict=A Throwback may refer to: Atavism. A retro style. Throwback uniform, variations of a sports team's uniform to resemble uniforms from that team's past, or uniforms of a defunct team. Throwback Entertainment, a video game publisher. Something Old School from back in the early days. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throwback

throwback means something that happened a long time ago and we remeber it and you say "O that is a throwback" or it could mean a jersey in my terms!!!