atavistic\ nostalgia

atavistic\ nostalgia
n.
A mental game in which one expresses a fond remembrance of, & longing for, personalities &/or events with whom they themselves could have had no personal acquaintance or experience.

Jennifer Lopez remembering the day she gave a royal command performance for Queen Victoria.


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