Prostalgia

(N.) The renaissance of culture and technology of the late 19th - mid 20th century, followed by "Prostalgia" or "Prostalgics". This culture movement is infused with modern day accommodations, and is based in the Baltimore, MD/Washington DC area, (which are major Hipster hot spots) and this movement is the classier brother of the hipster movement.

How to spot a prostalgic person;
What music they like, what they wear, and they're overall appearance tend to be that of your grandmother/father when they were young. These people tend to be confused with Hipsters, however, prostalgic people tend to uphold old values and ways of life, only using modern luxuries when strictly necessary. Prostalgic people also are connoisseurs of class, whereas hipsters have modern lifestyles infused with only a small bit of old world items.

Pure breakdown of prostalgic people to average people;

Avg. Person - 90% modern, 10% vintage
Hipsters - 80% modern, 15% vintage, 5% Starbucks
Prostalgics - +70% vintage, 30% modern

Here is an example of a Prostalgic being recognized at a cafe;

"Hey, is that a hipster over there at that cafe?" She asked.
"No, he's just prostalgia." He said.
"How do you know?"
"He's using a typewriter instead of a computer, see."

by ThatVintageGuy December 15, 2013

Dostalgia

A longing for a mac (hook-up) or sleep from the past

Freddy is really suffering from dostalgia these days

by TheGrofe May 6, 2009

Nostalgiathon

To have a conversation with someone about the "good old days".

I had a nostalgiathon with my long time friend after finding them on Facebook.

by mmoniot February 20, 2011

Lostalgia

To be nostalgic for a time one has never known, such as times from before one's own birth.

The pictures of flappers at a speakeasy left me with a sense of lostalgia.

by AgentColdShadow October 25, 2018

Nostalgiamining

"Nostalgiamining refers to the cherry-picking of arbitrarily defined "retro" elements in an attempt at revivalism. Rather than do anything unique with or make some kind of commentary about these elements, nostalgiaminers haphazardly stick shit together in an attempt to be charming or to mask a complete lack of creativity."
- Mariteaux, "Nostalgiamining vs Forging the Future"

A: Have you ever seen my page that I made today filled with buttons, under construction bar and scrolling old background that reeks 90s?
B: That sounds like nostalgiamining to me.

by MyCatMonsters March 28, 2022

Nostalgiaboo

A person with an obsession with technology, culture or fashion of a previous era that they did not grow up in, typically a gen z who's obsessed with 80's-90's video games, movies, crt tvs, shag carpets, vintage sweaters etc etc.

John: "I finally got my hands on a vcr recorder, i cant wait to write Nirvana concerts to it to watch on my crt!"

Adam: "dude, you're such a Nostalgiaboo"

by slippy447 March 6, 2023

The Nostalgia Effect

When you play a game for so long that it isn't as appealing as it used to be when you first started, and you yearn for that past claiming "It was better" when really, you want to relive the feeling of discovery.

Gamer 1: Dude, I miss the old TF2. It was sooo much better!
Gamer 2: Nah, you just miss the past. It's The Nostalgia Effect, man.

by high school nerd 152 July 12, 2016