scroll patch

The part of your phone's touch screen (iPhone, Droid) where your finger oils form a patch from frequent scrolling.

Dude I have a nasty scroll patch on my iphone.

At least my Blackberry doesn't have a scroll patch like your Droid.

by Nick Muggets April 8, 2010

shed scrolling

scrolling through shedtwt (self harm + eating disorder twitter)

“I’ve been shed scrolling to distract myself”

by asterr_0 March 2, 2024

Phantom Scrolling

When you scroll too much on YouTube shorts or TikTok, that you no longer scroll for the point of entertainment, but rather because you are addicted to the scrolling motion.

Guys I just caught myself phantom scrolling on LinkedIn shorts. This is a cry for help, someone help me.

by Jitskin March 22, 2025

Getting couple scrolls in

Phrase used to describe the act of picking up a mobile phone, opening a social media app, and casually scrolling through the feed a few times. Often implies a brief, habitual check-in on social media content.

Every time I hand my friend my phone to show a funny TikTok video, he ends up getting couple scrolls in before actually watching it.

by moneytea August 16, 2025

Boom scrolling

Avoiding doom of social media & news outlets and diving into God’s word — aka BOOM scrolling 🔥🔥🔥

Damn son, he BOOM scrolling the word of God & it’s giving him life

by BatmanDadadada September 19, 2020

tumblr scrolling

Intentionally meant to sound innocent when in reality the user is deliberately viewing pornogrpahic content or pages that are NSFW.

Guy: hey what’re you up to?

Girl: not much buying a palette on hush.com you?

Guy: just Tumblr scrolling right now.

Girl: oh cool.

Guy: *breaks the fourth wall and smirks at the audience*

by Elkrisreal December 5, 2017

Scroll Slug

(Noun) The inner desire to veg on your phone. What you are after laying in bed and scrolling social media all day.

"I always have big plans for the weekend, but just want to be a scroll slug on my days off."
"The scroll slug stopped me from cleaning my house."
"After work, I turn into a scroll slug."

by MindMunger January 9, 2025