a misguided feeling of nostalgia,
a longing for a past that:
1. really wasn't that great
2. you weren't around for
a longing for a past that:
1. really wasn't that great
2. you weren't around for
When I hear music that reminds me of my crappy old school, I can't help getting a feeling of falstalgia
by falstalgic February 20, 2013
Get the falstalgia mug.1. A feeling of yearning for a time in the past, even though you may never have experienced that time yourself.
2. Thinking the past was better than it was, simply because your future hasn't turned out the way you wanted it to.
2. Thinking the past was better than it was, simply because your future hasn't turned out the way you wanted it to.
"Whenever I hear 'Piano Man', I get the weirdest wave of fauxstalgia..."
Looking through her highschool yearbook, Nancy suddenly became fauxstalgic.
Looking through her highschool yearbook, Nancy suddenly became fauxstalgic.
by Sameta2 August 24, 2007
Get the fauxstalgia mug.Faux nostalgia. Faking old things in an attempt to recapture the feeling of times gone past, especially of technology that has passed.
by scotte61 December 16, 2010
Get the fauxstalgia mug.Found this old dirty magazine from when I was 16, I was overcome with fapstalgia, it was like jerking off in a time machine.
by CockslapMcCool April 14, 2014
Get the fapstalgia mug.A fake feeling of nostalgia for something old you didn't actually experience - like Instagram filters and throwback branding from before you could actually walk.
The 20-year old said the X-Pro II filter in Instagram really gave him fauxstalgia for the good old days back in the 1970's.
by TheMaggiest April 16, 2015
Get the fauxstalgia mug.False Nostalgia. A weird sense of nostalgia for a past event or time that you never personally experienced. Otherwise known as Empathetic Confusion.
by Jenka January 20, 2013
Get the Falsalgia mug.When someone hates a new or old installment of a series. Even if the newer/older version is superior in every way, one who has Flamstalgia will find something to complain about, and say how it doesn't compare to the version they played and loved originally.
Veteran Player: I am tired of this Modern Warfare 3 nonsense, COD 4 was the shit man.
New Player: No man Modern Warfare 3 is the king of COD, it doesn't suck. I tried COD 4, it is terrible.
Non Player: They are both very similar and you guys just have Flamstalgia.
New Player: No man Modern Warfare 3 is the king of COD, it doesn't suck. I tried COD 4, it is terrible.
Non Player: They are both very similar and you guys just have Flamstalgia.
by Frenes August 3, 2012
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