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Vibrating Cellphone Syndrome 

noun. When you feel that your cellphone is vibrating in your pocket or wherever it may be, you check to see if you got a text or phone call but it was a false alarm.

vice-versa as well: you don't feel anything vibrating, but then you check your phone after a while and find out that you got 548398 texts.
Me: yay! a text! i wonder who it's from!

*check cellphone* Ah shit! nothing? that's weird. I guess it's the vibrating cellphone syndrome.

phantom vibration syndrome (PVS) 

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)."

P.V.S. (Phantom Vibration Syndrome)

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".

PBVS- Phantom Butt Vibration Syndrome 

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.

Phantom Vibration Syndrome 

"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!"
It is said of the situation where a person has the bad luck to make contact with his testicles against an undefined surface or object, intentioned or not.
Given the nature of the word, it is more appropriate to design cases where the interaction is made with a moving object, for example, a ball.
Although it is extremely painful for the victim, it tends to be considerably funny to people who witness it.
Today in the baseball game the pitcher took a nutshot; the baseball hit him in the nuts.

Man, I just watched the funniest nutshot video ever.
Nutshot by Uberflaven March 1, 2009
Word of the Day on June 26, 2026