A fork of Rural Dictionary
awakening memories of something similar; suggestive
i was reminiscent of the times i use to share with my long gone friends.
verb: to recall the past, to recollect and tell of past experiences or events Not reminiSe or reminiCe - it's reminiSCe
I wanted to reminisce with my friends about our high school days.
It's the present participle of the verb "Reminisce", which is a synonym for the verb "Remember". It is a very classy verb used by various poets and people of higher status. It was also made famous by rapper Tupac Shakur's "Pour out a little liquor" song which made various Afro-American L.A. gangsters use it while smoking weed and drinking liquor with their bitches in the club.
Person 1 : Yo wazzup man! Watchu u doin here sHHmokin' that weed all alone? Person 2 : Imma just reminiscing mah good old days aZ a straight out G! Person 1 : Mind if join mah homie? Person 2 : aiight foo!
1. The act or process of recollecting past experiences or events. 2. An experience or event recollected 3. A narration of past experiences. Often used in the plural. 4. An event that brings to mind a similar, former event.
"Her mind seemed wholly taken up with reminiscences of past gaiety" Charlotte Brontë.
Phantom reminiscence takes place when one seems to reminisce about a past event that did not actually take place.
Dude 1: Why did you not come to me yesterday? I called you up twice. Dude 2: But, you did not. A phantom reminiscence, I think.