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ghostalgia

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.
ghostalgia by Mikhail Epstein November 15, 2003
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Ghostalgia

A sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period or place with happy or sad personal associations that has never been experienced before.
-That movie “Dazed and Confused” got me nostalgic
-Dude, you were born in 2000
-Oh, bonkers, I am having a ghostalgia
Ghostalgia by Deepvice June 14, 2022
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grosstalgia 

Memories so gross you'd rather just forget they ever happened

Adjective form : grosstalgic
Nancy : Happy 30th birthday Jim!! Do you remember your birthday 9 years ago when you had 16 shots and threw up all over the club and the bouncers threw us all out?

Jim: That's some heavy grosstalgia

Ghostagramming 

Going on the app Instagram and just looking at pictures, not liking or commenting on any pictures and not following anyone new and not posting any pictures so there is no evidence of you being on Instagram at that moment in time
i told my friend i was going to go to bed so i could stop talking to them but i got bored and went ghostagramming so they don't know that I'm still awake.
Ghostagramming by catfusious July 9, 2012
The act of reminiscing about hoes that were encountered in the past.
A: "Man, I miss that hoe i used to smash back in freshman year!"
B: "Damn bro, you're gettin all hostalgic on me."

hoe plus nostalgia gives you hostalgia.
hostalgia by Dre 407 May 25, 2013
When you have diarrhea and have no clue what the fuck you ate that gave you it
Sorry I can't come, I have ghostaria
It is said of the situation where a person has the bad luck to make contact with his testicles against an undefined surface or object, intentioned or not.
Given the nature of the word, it is more appropriate to design cases where the interaction is made with a moving object, for example, a ball.
Although it is extremely painful for the victim, it tends to be considerably funny to people who witness it.
Today in the baseball game the pitcher took a nutshot; the baseball hit him in the nuts.

Man, I just watched the funniest nutshot video ever.
Nutshot by Uberflaven March 1, 2009
Word of the Day on June 26, 2026