Person 1: „Yeah have you seen Jays new video? that shit was nostalgia“
Person 2: „Nahh jit fr be playing 60 seconds after 4 years..“
Person 2: „Nahh jit fr be playing 60 seconds after 4 years..“
by callmeifyougetlodt August 25, 2022

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.
Person 2: Dude, thats nostalgia slop; You wasted your money.
by freakyfortnite August 26, 2025

An overwhelming feeling of nostalgia caused unexpectedly that can cause you to drop whatever you were working on or thinking about, and just drown you in memories. It takes hold of your actions and thoughts, and bends you to the will of your past experiences, in a similar manner of how a virus (the disease variant) will completely overwhelm a host.
I found a cool Spotify playlist the other day full of songs from 2012 and stuff, and was listening to it while doing the dishes, when We are young came on, and I had a case of sudden virus nostalgia from my sophomore year in high school.
by TheJoeRoganExperience September 28, 2019

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

When you remember a chick when she was younger and she was hotter but you bust a nut to that feeling.
by GenerousWombat83 September 25, 2023

by Truthtellertruthspeaker September 21, 2025

The creation of a movie or piece of media with the sole purpose being to bring back nostalgic memories from its audience. This happens because the producers of these movies or pieces of media know that they will profit off of your childhood memories.
person 1: I really want to see that new "Mean Girls" movie! I used to love the original when I was a kid.
person 2: I've heard the production quality isn't very good because they are nostalgia mining instead of putting work into the movie to make money.
person 2: I've heard the production quality isn't very good because they are nostalgia mining instead of putting work into the movie to make money.
by Therealgurble January 24, 2024
