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ghosting

Ghosting, or "to ghost" is The act of one or more dead players spectating an alive enemy player, with the intent of revealing his or her actions or location to their alive comrades, giving them an unfair situational advantage. This is achieved usually through a voice chat program, such as Ventrillo, or an IRC client.

Ghosting may also be referred to as as "Venting" in popular games like Counter-Strike. The term derives from the most popular method of ghosting in Counter-Strike, which is to use the program Ventrillo, "venting" is short for "ventrillo-ing" meaning Using Ventrillo to ghost
"WTF? that douche nozzle is totally ghosting with one of this friends. He was shooting at me, before he even saw me and he seems to know every location of our teammates!"

"Wow, this guy is predicting the future......I think he might be Venting with his guild"
by mr,x September 8, 2008
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Ghosting

Something that immature little boys do to girls when they're too cowardly to say they're no longer interested. This results in the boy feeling great he got away so easily without any "drama" but leaves the girl with an inordinate amount of pain, anxiety and over-thinking about what the hell she did/said/texted wrong.

A phenomena made popular in modern society with the more disposable forms of communication such as text messages thereby removing the ghosted from any culpability or having to deal with a real face to face response.
Hey did you hear from Rick since your last date??

Rick? Oh you mean Casper! He's been ghosting me since Saturday - disappeared without a trace!
by Ghosthunter10 April 8, 2016
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To take a hit off a joint, bong, pipe, etc. and hold it in so long that when you go to exhale no smoke comes out. Doing this a lot during a sesion w/ big hits is bound to get you stoned off your ass.
I ripped my bong and held it in so long that I ended up ghosting that shit.
by Fuzzman July 30, 2007
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v. to ghost.

following behind someone without being detected. usually provides endless laughs. game invented by hamish and andy 2008.
"ghost him"
"that game of ghosting was fun yesterday"
by alpedo May 23, 2008
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Ghosting

(noun) ghost-ing
The act of cutting off communication with friends/family or a love interest in a way that makes you a total bitch. Ghosting often happens online and involves ignoring messages, not responding to invites and making everyone hate you while complaining about how everyone hates you.

Also see ‘how to lose all your friends’
If you’re ghosting me don’t complain about being left out. Don’t be a cunt.
by uisacoldfacedbitch March 6, 2018
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Ghosting

The act of suddenly cutting ties with someone you date.

The term carries a very negative connotation. On Psychology portals, ghosting will be labeled as a form of psychological abuse. Thus, some people may not see fairness in using the term to refer to people who have vanished after a date or two, or after a little time chatting over Facebook or Tinder.

They'd rather limit it to people who used it as a coward manner of breaking-up a months long relationship or friendship, specially if a bond was explicitly set to exist, and expectations could be deemed as legitimate and rational.

While it can be that the ghoster simply doesn't care enough about the ghostee to end things right, it can also happen as a product of unhealthy relationship dynamics, such as it being almost impossible for a non-assertive anxious-avoidant type to properly break-up with a lovebombing anxious-attached one.
1: That girl said I ghosted her, but we had literally talked for one night. Ghosting? It's not like I owed her anything.

2: My ex vanished after five months. The ghosting was really traumatizing. We were very close together and he knew how much I relied on him.
by NeitherSummerNorTom July 24, 2020
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This occurs when a person goes "offline" on Facebook but continues to creep and look at pictures.
H: I saw you updated your status.

K: How? You weren't online.

H: I was ghosting..

K: Creeper!
by CrossCountryFool15 August 11, 2010
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