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Someone told my one of my videos on youtube made the town look nalstagic. What does nalstagic mean? I cant seem to find it anywhere.

2007-09-14 07:39:45 · 2 answers · asked by gold_coast_menthol 2 in Computers & Internet Internet YouTube

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The following definition came from Encarta.

nos·tal·gi·a

nos·tal·gi·a [no stáljə, nə stáljə]
n
1. sentimental recollection: a mixed feeling of happiness, sadness, and longing when recalling a person, place, or event from the past, or the past in general
2. things that arouse nostalgia: something, or things, intended to arouse a feeling of nostalgia or to evoke the past nostalgically
3. homesickness: a longing for home or family when away from either (dated)


[Late 18th century. From modern Latin , “homesickness,” from Greek nostos “homecoming” + algos “pain.”]


-nos·tal·gic, adj
-nos·tal·gi·cal·ly, adv
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Hope this helps.

Paul

2007-09-14 07:53:49 · answer #1 · answered by Paul M 2 · 0 0

I think the term they meant to use was'nostalgic'

One entry found for nostalgia.


Main Entry: nos·tal·gia
Pronunciation: nä-'stal-j&, n&- also no-, nO-; n&-'stäl-
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek nostos return home + New Latin -algia; akin to Greek neisthai to return, Old English genesan to survive, Sanskrit nasate he approaches
1 : the state of being homesick : HOMESICKNESS
2 : a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition; also : something that evokes nostalgia

2007-09-14 14:48:45 · answer #2 · answered by Michael H 7 · 0 0

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