Paranostalgia

Grief over the loss of person/place/time period never experienced and (probably) romanticized.

I once came across a photo of some glamorous New Wave kids standing outside a club in 1980s London and I felt an acute sense of paranostalgia.
Sometimes I feel paranostalgic listening to my mom's old 1960s vinyl LPs.

by Callbee March 3, 2020

pornostalgia

A sentimental longing for the pornography of the past.

Pornostalgia evidenced when watching porn: (i) "Where's the plumber/pizza delivery boy?"; (ii) "Where are the pubes?"; (iii) "Those ain't real"; (iv) "The production values of this movie really are first class"; (v) "Do you remember AIDS?".

by UrbaneDick June 28, 2011

parastalgia

para- (beside, near, resembling, beyond) + nostalgia

the feeling of nostalgia, longing, or missing for something that never happened, as if it was an alternate timeline or a parallel universe; also see "anemoia" and "Mandela Effect"

adjective form: parastalgic

I feel parastalgia about high school dance even though I never went to one

by 2F5L-5XG February 22, 2021

prenostalgia

The feeling when you're doing something and realize that you will look back at this moment with nostalgia.

Bro: Man, I'm having such a good time right now, I don't wanna leave this. This is gonna be a memory one day.
You: Hey man, no prenostalgia. Live in the moment.

by Cantfindlemon October 17, 2025