fantasalgia

(noun) A deep, wistful longing for a life you never lived or a time you never experienced. Like nostalgia, but for something that only existed in your imagination.

Scrolling through old photos of Paris, I felt a wave of fantasalgia for a life that was never mine.

by iglam September 4, 2025

fantalgia

The feeling of nostalgia towards something that never existed.

Person 1: "Don't you remember that old insert object here from back in insert year here?"
Person 2: "Uhh, no?"
Person 1: "I swear it was real!"
Person 2: "It's probably fantalgia."

by carterUD November 19, 2021