When you think your cell phone is vibrating, but it is actually all in your head.
"Dang! I thought my girl was ringin' me to holla' back, but it was jus' phantom vibration syndrome (PVS)."
by A Shankles December 16, 2008
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When a person believes that he/she feels their phone vibrating when it isn't.
Person: "Hold on, I'm getting a .... never mind. It's just my damn P.V.S. (Phantom Vibration Syndrome) acting up again".
by JudasCow June 30, 2010
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The frequent sensation that your phone is vibrating in your back pocket when, in fact, it is not. This is usually associated with shifting internal gas or the anticipation of a booty text.
Todd texted me the "What's up" and we hooked up the other week, but since then, nothin. I 've developed a bad case of PBVS- Phantom Butt Vibration Syndrome.
by lilyp0tter July 11, 2011
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When you feel a vibration in your pants pocket, howevever you don't have your phone in the pocket.
Hey man! My phone just vibrated. I probably got a text from my girlfriend.

Oh snap. It was just a phantom vibration. I totally forgot my phone is charging in my bedroom.
by EricMLP June 12, 2016
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"Phantom vibration syndrome" is when you think your phone is buzzing, but it's just your imagination playing tricks on you. It's like your pocket is the boy who cried "vibrate"!
Here's a silly joke about "phantom vibration syndrome": "Why don't ghosts use phones? Because they're already experts at phantom vibration syndrome!"
by 4uffin July 6, 2023
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That feeling you get when you think your phone is ringing in your pocket. But it isn't.
I was hoping for her call but it was only a phantom vibrate
by myhumanrevolution May 30, 2015
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