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fauxstalgia 

1. A feeling of yearning for a time in the past, even though you may never have experienced that time yourself.

2. Thinking the past was better than it was, simply because your future hasn't turned out the way you wanted it to.
"Whenever I hear 'Piano Man', I get the weirdest wave of fauxstalgia..."

Looking through her highschool yearbook, Nancy suddenly became fauxstalgic.
fauxstalgia by Sameta2 August 24, 2007

fauxstalgia 

Faux nostalgia. Faking old things in an attempt to recapture the feeling of times gone past, especially of technology that has passed.
Hipstamatic pictures, just like the vinyl-static added to digital recordings, is prime fauxstalgia
fauxstalgia by scotte61 December 16, 2010

fapstalgia 

The nostalgic feeling one gets when finding old pornography.
Found this old dirty magazine from when I was 16, I was overcome with fapstalgia, it was like jerking off in a time machine.
fapstalgia by CockslapMcCool April 14, 2014

fauxstalgia 

A fake feeling of nostalgia for something old you didn't actually experience - like Instagram filters and throwback branding from before you could actually walk.
The 20-year old said the X-Pro II filter in Instagram really gave him fauxstalgia for the good old days back in the 1970's.
fauxstalgia by TheMaggiest April 16, 2015

falstalgia 

a misguided feeling of nostalgia,
a longing for a past that:
1. really wasn't that great
2. you weren't around for
When I hear music that reminds me of my crappy old school, I can't help getting a feeling of falstalgia
falstalgia by falstalgic February 20, 2013

Falsalgia 

False Nostalgia. A weird sense of nostalgia for a past event or time that you never personally experienced. Otherwise known as Empathetic Confusion.
"Man, Heartbeats by the Knife fills me with Falsalgia."
Falsalgia by Jenka January 20, 2013
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The recent boom in consumer spending on entertainment and experiences with a high demand running up the cost of enjoying of those experiences.
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Throat Sweats 

The feeling and build up in your mouth/throat of saliva that sometimes accompanies nausea.
Oh man those burritos gave me the throat sweats, I hope I don’t have food poisoning.
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Being ignored by someone when making a statement or asking a question. Also known as blanked and turfed.
Person 1: Did u watch ** last nite?
Person 2:......
Person 3: O no u got aired!
aired by Pietro February 9, 2005
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piddlefart

Instead of doing my homework, I decided to piddlefart around for two hours.
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