prognostalgia
prognostalgia by Prognos June 8, 2014
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protonostalgia
An emotion you feel when you are nostalgic for a time you were never alive in.
It is a proper subclass of nostalgia.
It is a proper subclass of nostalgia.
Protonostalgia is like when a chick is nostalgic for the time of pirates! Or, when a dude misses being a 16th century courtesan. It also happens when folks spend a lot of time wishing they could be Shakespeare's pal!
"Do you miss being a pirate? I miss being a pirate!"
"Do you miss being a pirate? I miss being a pirate!"
protonostalgia by Dinosaur Comics August 8, 2007
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pornostalgia
Pornostalgia evidenced when watching porn: (i) "Where's the plumber/pizza delivery boy?"; (ii) "Where are the pubes?"; (iii) "Those ain't real"; (iv) "The production values of this movie really are first class"; (v) "Do you remember AIDS?".
pornostalgia by UrbaneDick June 28, 2011
Protonostalgia
A feeling one gets of being nostalgic for a period of time or place they had never been. Coined by Ryan Norths Dinosaur Comics.
"Aww, man, I have really big feeling of protonostalgia today. I wish I could have been a caveman. I wish I had a club and killed Sabre-tooth tigers. Wouldn't that be sweet?"
Protonostalgia by pleiades September 13, 2007
Protonostalgia
Longing for an inaccurate or naive image of an era you may or, far more commonly, may not have lived through.
He has protonostalgia really bad, wishing we could go back to the way it was before 1960, when there were "no problems"
Call me protonostalgic, But I WAS very popular in high school.
Call me protonostalgic, But I WAS very popular in high school.
Protonostalgia by BrainDT February 7, 2008
prenostalgia
The feeling when you're doing something and realize that you will look back at this moment with nostalgia.
Bro: Man, I'm having such a good time right now, I don't wanna leave this. This is gonna be a memory one day.
You: Hey man, no prenostalgia. Live in the moment.
You: Hey man, no prenostalgia. Live in the moment.
prenostalgia by Cantfindlemon October 17, 2025
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