An emotion you feel when you are nostalgic for a time you were neveralive in.
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!"
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?".
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?"
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.
Someone who jumps from one relationship immediately into another one.
Serial monogamists can not stand to be alone and often suffer from vast commitment and insecurity issues.
Because they jump into relationships immediately after the previous one has ended, serial monogamists typically don't take the time to reflect on their behavior or why their previous relationships failed; thus, they end up making the same relationship mistakes over and over again.
Person 1: Damn, Dustin already has a new girlfriend?! It's only been two weeks since he broke up with his fiance! I think he's a sociopath.