Definition: That soul-crushing experience when a childhood snack you adored now tastes like regret and stale disappointment. It’s the culinary equivalent of unearthing a treasured time capsule only to find it full of expired coupons and dust.
Whether due to corporate cost-cutting or your evolved palate, the magic vanishes. You’re left chewing on a hollow shell of sugar and sadness, wondering if the recipe changed or if nostalgia just gaslit your taste buds.
Example:
Biting into the brightly colored cereal felt like chewing cardboard; my beloved childhood snack was just stale disappointment now.
That iconic candy bar tasted waxy and cheap, a hollow shell proving nostalgia totally gaslit my taste buds.