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alteralgia 

A pain or nostalgic feeling for a life you never had or a place you never visited, real or imaginary.

Most commonly experienced when looking at scenery from a picture, a painting or a movie, but also when reading or thinking about a fictional place.

Pronounced like nostalgia
The setting of the movie 'Blade Runner' gives me alteralgia.

Thinking about the Shire from 'Lord of the Rings' makes me alteralgic.

I've never been to Japan, but the idea of being there is making me alteralgic.
alteralgia by TheLeopard November 26, 2016
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Alterauge 

The producers of meth. dirt leg, home wrecking, gutter sluts🐍. pill popping, meth taken, inbred, whore (z)
Huh, that’s an alterauge
Alterauge by eiejebeken August 16, 2019
Man, I can't believe you spelt Alovera wrong

aliteration

Repetition of a leading consonant sound in a phrase. The nondouble L signifys the power of the word.
Raquelle ~ You crazy cunt
Ryan ~ You terrible twat

Both are excellent aliterations, as well as the names being aliterations themselves.
aliteration by Betty Bringdown March 31, 2008
Similar to Rastafari religion and culture but celebrated with alternative, electric, or rarely house music in place of reggae. General alterasta population still wear the red yellow green and praise Bob Marley.
p1: Were those potheads at the rave rastafarian?

p2: No, they were alterastarian.
Alterasta by alterasta May 9, 2010