Nostalgia

Homesickness to the past.
When you feel nostalgic you have a longing to go back to (a moment in) the past.

"Why are you watching Icarly?"
"I felt nostalgia."

by mick3ymouseclubhouse March 18, 2022

Nostalgia

Minecraft Xbox one edition with the bois.

Bruh I should not have to explain this.

Nostalgia

by GrufferTheDumbass September 5, 2021

Nostalgia

Remembering something from the past, whether good or bad, and the feeling can be described from melancholic to even warm and comforting.

"The feeling I get when Im a passenger in a car going down an unexpected hill gives me nostalgia of my earliest memory of being pushed on a swing by my grandpa. Good times..."

by Faded_Grace07 August 1, 2021

Nostalgia Malignancy

When you annoy your children and others with exaggerated tales of your difficult childhood.

Bragging about how you walked five miles to school in two feet of snow, uphill both ways, is nothing but nostalgia malignancy.

by BayLeaves June 11, 2021

Weird nostalgia

Feeling nostalgic for something strange or something that probably shouldn’t be nostalgic

Clocks give me weird nostalgia

by nyanla December 17, 2024

Pokémon Nostalgia Cycle

A phenomina in the Pokémon Community. About 8-10 years after a generation of Pokémon releases, the people who grew up with the generations start glazing the games to death. Sometimes generations are skipped in the cycle (like Gen 2 and Gen 6) and usually join another generation's fans (like Gen 2 fans joining Gen 4 fans due to HGSS).

The cycle started off with Genwunners in the early 2000s-early 2010s, then Gen 3 fans in 2013 with "Hoenn Confirmed!", then Gen 4 fans/Sinnohfetuses in 2017, and then Genfivers in 2021. It will likely shift to Gen 7 fans in a year or two since Pokémon Sun and Moon turns 10 next year.

"I've seen people praising Gen 7 online more recently. Is the Pokémon Nostalgia Cycle shifting again?"

by LPBvgc July 15, 2025

Nostalgia slop

Low quality items, typically found on the Tiktok shop, which have a retro theme. They are typically bought by Gen Zers who never experienced the time period the items are inspired by.

Person 1: Check out this microphone I got, it sounds just like those Xbox 360 ones!

Person 2: Dude, thats nostalgia slop; You wasted your money.

by freakyfortnite August 26, 2025