When one person in a group or family holds on to a symbolic memory or experience with more importance than the other people involved in that experience or memory. For this person, a nostalgic benchmark holds a reference point for a significant event that is no longer significant to others who were involved in this experience or event.
A mother and son always go to a certain restaurant to eat chicken wings. As the son grows older, he no longer likes chicken wings and has no desire to eat them, but the mother insists on going back to the restaurant, which serves the chicken wings that both of them once loved. For the mother this is a nostalgic event, but for the son, who no longer eats chicken wings or likes them, this experience of going to the restaurant to eat chicken wings no longer holds any importance or nostalgia. So, for the mother this is a nostalgic benchmark, but for the son, it has no importance, or nostalgia, it has no benchmark anymore.
by merlin's memory July 25, 2011
Get the nostalgic benchmarkmug. When you fail at life
by Grapes69 February 5, 2009
Get the Nostalgic Piemug. This is a specific definition I have created for something I have been studying for 2 years. I'm 14 years old and tell me what you think about this definition of this "disorder" I have made a name for. Thank you. -Sefinternal
Definition - A repeating factor of thoughts or memories of a specific action, occurrence or a result in a matter at hand that was either bad or good, but the good and bad thoughts result in a manner that feels as a beautiful moment no matter what but also gives the effect of being depressed. Many things can trigger this feeling; such as music or people you know. An odd occurrence of NRDD can also happen when you have the cold because of the last time you've had the cold. The biggest effect I have found is that music that oddly resembles nothing compared to older thoughts or occurrences of you hearing it before can also effect you deeply for reasons that are unknown, which I'm currently still studying upon.
Definition - A repeating factor of thoughts or memories of a specific action, occurrence or a result in a matter at hand that was either bad or good, but the good and bad thoughts result in a manner that feels as a beautiful moment no matter what but also gives the effect of being depressed. Many things can trigger this feeling; such as music or people you know. An odd occurrence of NRDD can also happen when you have the cold because of the last time you've had the cold. The biggest effect I have found is that music that oddly resembles nothing compared to older thoughts or occurrences of you hearing it before can also effect you deeply for reasons that are unknown, which I'm currently still studying upon.
J - I have been feeling a little off lately... Idk what it is, just been thinking of things and getting depressed for no reason that has an odd effect on me.
D - I believe that's called NRDD. or known as Nostalgic Repetition Disconsolate Disorder.
D - I believe that's called NRDD. or known as Nostalgic Repetition Disconsolate Disorder.
by Sefinternal November 8, 2017
Get the Nostalgic Repetition Disconsolate Disordermug. When someone's nostalgia for an old movie, item, show ect overcomes them and they refuse to like the any new type of that something in favor of the old one
by BlowyGnome87 December 1, 2020
Get the nostalgic hatemug. by Diriector_Doc November 27, 2016
Get the Nostalgeatemug. the act of reminiscing about a bygone era or way of doing things in a manner that elevates oneself and one's experiences, while denigrating those who take an active part in modern events/trends/etcetera
When older generations call younger generations "lazy", "narcissistic", "entitled", and "disrespectful", while insisting that THEY were never that way when they were young, they're doing little more than wanking nostalgic.
"Everything was so much better when I was young. Kids these days are ruining the world/subculture I grew up in."
"Quit wanking nostalgic. Things were plenty fucked-up back then, too, and you know it."
"Back in my day . . ."
"Ignore Grandpa. He's just wanking nostalgic again."
"Everything was so much better when I was young. Kids these days are ruining the world/subculture I grew up in."
"Quit wanking nostalgic. Things were plenty fucked-up back then, too, and you know it."
"Back in my day . . ."
"Ignore Grandpa. He's just wanking nostalgic again."
by bellevoix April 11, 2014
Get the wanking nostalgicmug. nostalge (verb) /ˈnɒs.tælʒ/
To emotionally time-travel into your past with such intensity that it feels more vivid than the present. Often triggered by old songs, smells, photos, or memories that hit way too hard.
→ A combo of “nostalgia” + “indulge.” Not just missing the past — living in it for a while.
To emotionally time-travel into your past with such intensity that it feels more vivid than the present. Often triggered by old songs, smells, photos, or memories that hit way too hard.
→ A combo of “nostalgia” + “indulge.” Not just missing the past — living in it for a while.
“I started nostalging so hard over my childhood summers and forgot I had to buy some fruits from the shop.”
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“Today I nostalged so hard over my childhood summers and forgot I had a meeting in 5 minutes.”
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“I absolutely love to nostalge over my childhood summers and then I forget everything that's going on around me.”
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“She was nostalging so hard over 2010 Bollywood music, she made a full playlist and cried.”
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“Today I nostalged so hard over my childhood summers and forgot I had a meeting in 5 minutes.”
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“I absolutely love to nostalge over my childhood summers and then I forget everything that's going on around me.”
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“She was nostalging so hard over 2010 Bollywood music, she made a full playlist and cried.”
by CertifiedNostalger July 2, 2025
Get the nostalgemug.