Someone who seems like they never grow up, coined in Nigeria in tribute to a basketballer who stayed 25 for three years in a row
Mr x: hey you know him too?
Mr y: yes, he was my mentor growing up...he graduated from the university of Jos in 1992
Mr x: WHAT!! He told me he is 22
Mr Y: damn, he is one of those phantom figures who never seem to grow old...
Mr y: yes, he was my mentor growing up...he graduated from the university of Jos in 1992
Mr x: WHAT!! He told me he is 22
Mr Y: damn, he is one of those phantom figures who never seem to grow old...
by Urbanboy92 August 1, 2011

by snake ruiz September 27, 2012

by Kdidjdndijdlwiantjrbe dididjdn September 20, 2021

It's a fever dream without a fever dream. It's when you wake up sweating and everything but you didn't have a dream, although you could've sworn you just had a fever dream.
Guy 1: "Yeah but I'm sick and I woke up at 1AM today."
Guy 2: "Did you have a fever dream?"
Guy 1: "No, but I had a Phantom Fever Dream."
Guy 2: "Did you have a fever dream?"
Guy 1: "No, but I had a Phantom Fever Dream."
by oliverreal November 22, 2023

This new person is something else, they’ve only been here a couple weeks and they’re telling me I’m doing my job wrong! They have Phantom Superiority Syndrome baaaaaaad yo!
by Sheldon Waverly January 12, 2023

My car's a '99 Camry (shifter on the floor between the front seats). My wife's car is an '02 Odyssey (shifter on the steering column). Any time we use each others' cars, we come down with a case of phantom shiftosis syndrome.
by Frank in Spokane February 15, 2013
