When you are on a Zoom call and you are muted and your headphones are also on mute. You talk and no one hears you, so you unmute and still no one hears you. And then when you finally unmute properly you can't get a word in because no one wants to listen to you anyway.
by Oliverzip January 26, 2021

The act of covering your lover's mouth so they don't wake the neighbors due to your furious pounding.
Curteeez: Dude, you got skills. I could hear your woman all the way from across town!
Shmelt: Yeah, I had to love mute her due to repeated noise complaints.
Shmelt: Yeah, I had to love mute her due to repeated noise complaints.
by Darth Cya Later November 8, 2013

When someone puts you on mute while on a phone call, so they can have a private conversation about you without you hearing.
by FreeBird21 September 7, 2015

An "inverse" rusty trombone.
by Ben November 7, 2003

In online chat rooms moderators police the content and if necessary, they can normally mute users who are breaking the rules. A shadow mute is when the player is muted but isn't informed of the mute. Often they continue to chat, completely unaware that nobody in the chatroom can see what they type. The shadow muted user is left with the feeling that nobody is interested in them or whatever it is they have to say. Its a particularly cruel form of muting and can cause long term self esteem issues in tweens.
Brad: Hey bro, what happen'd to Tanya?
Freddie: oh she got shadow muted on runescape, she thought everyone hated her and tried to kill herself.
Brad: umm everyone does hate her
Freddie: yeah bro, I don't know why you married her
Freddie: oh she got shadow muted on runescape, she thought everyone hated her and tried to kill herself.
Brad: umm everyone does hate her
Freddie: yeah bro, I don't know why you married her
by Ghostnipple December 4, 2019

When a girl has a seriously nerve grating voice, but is incredibly hot. So if she was a mute, you could actually be around her.
"Man, I can't talk to (Girl's Name), her voice makes me want to kill myself."
"Yeah, she would only be cute if mute."
"Yeah, she would only be cute if mute."
by Cammmmmmm August 22, 2011

When your partner says absolutely nothing and just looks at you in that way that you know you have really messed up.
by Thebookwright May 31, 2013
