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Definition of nostalgie de la boue in English:

nostalgie de la boue

noun

  • A desire for degradation and depravity.

    ‘This nostalgie de la boue can only be a generational thing.’
    • ‘Why he was so severely afflicted with this nostalgie de la boue remains something of a mystery, like much else in his impenetrable private life.’

Pronunciation

nostalgie de la boue

/näsˌtälˈ(d)ZHē də lə ˈbo͞o/ /nɑsˌtɑlˈ(d)ʒi də lə ˈbu/

Origin

French, literally ‘mud nostalgia’.