Wearing a pair of headphones, typically within the context of a group of people studying, without actually playing music. The benefit of headphone bluffing is that people typically won't talk to you but you can still hear everything that is going on, therefore allowing you to be passively engaged in conversations of your choosing.
"Yo, I want to talk to Lucas but his headphones are in!"
"Look out, he might be headphone bluffing! You listening in, Luke?"
"Look out, he might be headphone bluffing! You listening in, Luke?"
by BeardStrong March 20, 2014
by Abstract March 24, 2017
Someone who listens to loud/heavy/violent/extreme/etc music, but is forced to listen through headphones due to circumstance.
Guy one: Man, I love Metallica, but I have to listen with headphones because my mom hates it.
Guy two: I guess that makes you a Headphone Headbanger.
Guy two: I guess that makes you a Headphone Headbanger.
by awesome6241 September 28, 2017
Refers to your wearing a personal music-device that uses a headset of some sort, and then "blaming it on that" whenever someone complains that you appear to be ignoring him, when of course in reality you actually heard what he said just fine because **the headphones weren't even playing at the time**, but you were merely practicing "selective deafness" because you didn't happen to like what he had to say, and so you did not wish to respond to and/or be affected by whatever he was telling you.
The headphones excuse can also be "used in reverse" in instances where you are being compelled to be present during a speech, lecture, tirade, etc., and you cannot bear to listen to said boring/controversial/voluminous b**ls**t for even a few seconds... what you do, therefore, is clip on your headphone-based music-device that's hidden inside an outer plastic cabinet that you have boldly labelled, "personal amplified listening device", so that the speaker and anyone else present will think that you are just wanting to ensure that you'll be clearly hearing every single word that the self-important gabber is saying, when in reality you are using the headphones to DROWN HIM OUT so that you won't either need a straitjacket or commit mass-homicide halfway through said extended monologue. It's a vital accessory if you're being "drugged as a child" because your parents "drug you to church".
by QuacksO September 10, 2018
1. Music that hits when you're alone in the car or using headphones but instantly sounds wack af the moment it gets played for someone else, comparable to the way electrons have different behaviors based on whether or not they're being actively observed.
2. Music that needs multiple listens to enjoy meaning whoever is listening on aux with you is not having a good time.
2. Music that needs multiple listens to enjoy meaning whoever is listening on aux with you is not having a good time.
Person one: Yo do you fw Bladee?
Person two: Of course!
Person one: So why don't you ever play him on aux?
Person two: Bladee makes headphone music, can't play that shit in open air.
Person two: Of course!
Person one: So why don't you ever play him on aux?
Person two: Bladee makes headphone music, can't play that shit in open air.
by pressurepacc July 17, 2024
*most quietest song ever plays on an iPod"
Diaima Ajsmfhfnfbrgifrbg:I have to turn up my headphones at full volume because this song is so quiet
Diaima Ajsmfhfnfbrgifrbg:I have to turn up my headphones at full volume because this song is so quiet
by thecharacterwannie July 11, 2022
When many colleagues in the office wear headphones almost constantly, appearing busy and unavailable for collaboration.
My team at work has office headphone syndrome. We work in the same room and supposed to collaborate with each other, but many people wear headphones almost constantly while working on the computer and appear busy and inaccessible. It's awkward to constantly ask them to take off their headphones, so they're effectively absent, as if they're working remotely.
by Kentich January 04, 2024