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iglam commented on the word fantasalgia
(noun) A bittersweet yearning for an imagined past or an unrealized life; a sense of nostalgia for something that never truly existed.
Examples:
“He felt a wave of fantasalgia while reading letters from soldiers in a war he never fought.”
“Scrolling through vintage travel posters gave me fantasalgia for journeys I never took.”
“Late-night jazz records always stir a strange fantasalgia for smoky clubs I’ve never seen.”
September 4, 2025