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Nickstalgia

When someone who grew up in the 90's thinks back to all the old shows that were on Nickelodeon. (Pete and Pete, Are You Afraid of the Dark, Rocko's Modern Life, etc…) and wish they could go back to that time.
Person 1: Remember the good ole' days when we used to watch Doug after school?
Person 2: Oh man, major case of Nickstalgia. Takes me back tot he days of Double Dare and Guts...good times, good times.
Nickstalgia by Rockerflame January 8, 2010
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Distalgia 

A feeling of longing or nostalgia for something that has never existed and/or could never exist in the first place.
I feel distalgia when I listen to old bands, even though I wasn't alive when they were popular.

I felt distalgic in an old style coffee shop, though I'd never been to one before.

I feel distalgia when I think of a life in the country, but I have never lived far from a city.
Distalgia by FrankenWaffer March 3, 2021

Distalgia 

Distalgia
Noun
The sensation of revisiting a work of media, place, or other nostalgic object, and realizing now that you like it much less than you remembered.
Man, I've got such distalgia for the sitcom FRIENDS. I loved it as a kid, but it's complete garbage if you watch it today.
Distalgia by YuuDed March 23, 2024