false nostalgia 

The longing for or reminiscence of an era which you did not actually grow up in, having only experienced the era through it's movies, TV shows, music, etc; not based on actual life experiences.

Most people these days claiming to be 90s kids are full of false nostalgia. They think seeing reruns in 2003 of shows from the 90s is the same as actually wearing the baggy jeans, riveted belt, and homemade tank top rocking your totally-not-natural blonde spiked hair while listening to Nirvana. Or locking yourself in your room full of Nick Carter and Joey Fatone posters, listening to BSB and *NSYNC after finishing up the recent Halloween episode of Boy Meets World.

false nostalgia by The Jon Harrison June 23, 2014

false nostalgia 

Is a diversion of the normal nostalgia, but instead of being nostalgic about your own past its about something, someone o somewhere you never were to.

False nostalgia can be experienced mostly after seeing something you know if you saw as a child, you would have remembered for the rest of your life, but as far as you know you didnt. This makes you remember your past and what you actually did, combining your actual nostalgia for your past and the thing you are watching into false nostalgia without you realising.

someone : Im feeling nostalgic for New York.
some other person : ok
someone : ive never been.
some other person : probably false nostalgia

false nostalgia by Li9uid April 28, 2021

False Nostalgic 

Reminiscent of an era or time period you weren't born into.

"Man damn, Stranger Things has me so false nostalgic right now."

False Nostalgic by ontoroni April 17, 2017