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Ghost grind

Working really hard (grinding) for a project or idea without anyone noticing or making a scene.
Man, Jeff Bezos was really on his ghost grind for like 10 years until Amazon got big.
by Freddyubereverywhere September 11, 2021
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"ghost writer" AUTHORity

Rampant in "chain of command" situations --- especially the military and "mega-biz" establishments --- whereby everybody wants to push underlings around but then hastily "passes the buck" and claims ignorance/innocence when things go sour. Refers to the deplorable practice of an arrogant/dictatorial/irresponsible/ignorant a**h**e with way too much power ("authority") giving unwise/ineffective/counter-productive orders to one or more hapless underlings, brusquely refusing to listen to their urgently-beseeching appeals about the fallacy/unfairness/danger of proceeding as he told them, but then suddenly shedding all knowledge/responsibility (i.e., not admitting that he was indeed the "author" of those crazy stipulations) regarding said preposterous directives whenever s**t hits the fan afterwards as a result of his subordinates' having reluctantly-but-obediently carried out his unwisely-mandated actions.
I long ago decided to not just blindly/arbitrarily follow orders/rules/laws, no matter what position or experience or education/training that their "authors" happened to supposedly possess... I **always** use my own judgement/conscience in all my actions. Too many times in the past, I've gotten in knee-deep doo-doo MYSELF for someone else's screw-ups in reasoning/planning, only to have said "idiot in power" pull da ol' "ghost writer" AUTHORity trick on me, never admitting or even falsely denying ever having told me to proceed that way, just so that HE would not have to suffer any of the fallout from his own preposterous directives.
by QuacksO August 25, 2018
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ghost

a spirit of someone that died
by Holaninos😁 August 2, 2020
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ghost pedestrian

A pedestrian who seems to appear out of nowhere while one is driving. This pedestrian may not have been seen due to the driver texting, singing, or reading a book while driving.
Peter: *reading Harry Potter while driving down the street*

Pedestrian: AAAAAHHHH!

Peter: *swerves out of the way* Holy crap! Those ghost pedestrians are such hazards!
by emmef January 25, 2012
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Ghost Boo

Typically used for an unseen companion that is on a vacation with you. Usually they are unattractive or fat but paid for the trip so there you are.
Damn, Linda is always on vacation but you never see who she is with. It must be her ghost boo taken all her pictures.

Tina is unemployed and broke how is she in Italy? Oh her 60 year old ghost boo financed the vacation.
by TheOneKu April 23, 2025
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Ghost Island

The place where pac-man's friends and family get captured.
by hkslbjkdlsjjhdehjk April 19, 2023
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