ghostalgia n. (ghost + Gr. algos, pain, grief, distress; cf. nostalgia) Ð a mystical longing or wistful affection for ghosts, angels, miracles, aliens, and other otherworldy characters and mysterious phenomena.
Ghostalgia is a form of nostalgia in that we experience the other world as our genuine lost home.
I am agnostic, but sometimes I feel ghostalgic.
On the eve of deep historical crises, ghostalgia can grip the souls of entire nations.
I am agnostic, but sometimes I feel ghostalgic.
On the eve of deep historical crises, ghostalgia can grip the souls of entire nations.
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Dude, you look very fresh faced - and depressed for some reason.
Nah, just a touch of mostalgia. It'll pass.
Nah, just a touch of mostalgia. It'll pass.
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the sensation that fills you when you see someone you were once immensely close to who is now a complete stranger - a person you once shared everything with, who knew you better than you knew yourself, who still holds what were once or may still be your deepest darkest fears and secrets, who only holds complete knowledge of a you that no longer exists; the feeling is all encompassing yet insignificant at the same time as you subconsciously relive all the experiences and memories you have with this person and you are reminded of all that they knew, or may still know, about you all in the span of both an instant and an eternity as you are filled with recognition and unfamiliarity of the person you've caught a glimpse of, who you also only know a non existent version of but have kept your secrets regardless as you have kept theirs and a connection has culminated from this unspoken agreement with a complete stranger
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"Hey, I think becky and I kinda got caught up in a nostalgia so we had sex yesterday after the mixer."
"Hey, I think becky and I kinda got caught up in a nostalgia so we had sex yesterday after the mixer."
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Seeing her two boys struggle with the most disliked school subject evokes feelings of mathematica nostalgia in Mrs. Paul, who suffered from mathophobia when faced with brain-unfriendly word problems.
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