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Phantom Scrolling

When you doom scroll so much, you no longer watch YouTube shorts for entertainment, you just do it because you are addicted to the scrolling motion. Excessive exposure may result in endless scrolling through any app that has shorts, including but not limited to LinkedIn.
Please help me. Seriously, this is a cry for help. I’ve been doom scrolling so much that now I am now phantom scrolling.
by Jitskin March 9, 2025
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Scroll Hole

When you’re so sucked into meaningless scrolling on your phone that you can’t hear and don’t notice anything going on around you.
What do you want for dinner? … Oi.. Oi Bro! Hellooooo? Damn she in a scroll hole.”
by anonymous December 15, 2022
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Vertical scrolling rhythm game

Vertical scrolling rhythm games (also known as VSRG) are a type of rhythm games where notes scroll (usually) top to bottom and land on the judgment line where they are hit.
Beatmania IIDX is a Vertical scrolling rhythm game better known for it's dense beatmaps mapped over 7 keys and a scratch lane
by Ruslan4ic October 5, 2023
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Phantom Scrolling

When you doom scroll for so long on YouTube shorts or TikTok that you randomly break out in scrolling motions throughout the day, though you may not even be on your phone.
Friend 1: Bro snap out of it. You are phantom scrolling the air.

Friend 2: Huh…oh dang whoops.

Friend 1: That’s gotta be more addictive than cigarettes. You need help.
by Jitskin March 4, 2025
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swish-scroll

The short duration, 2-3 secs avg, if nothing catches attention, the user's thumb Swish Scrolls automatically.
With the current age of attention span and instant gratification, people get distracted fast.
John swish-scrolls his timeline pretty fast, unless something catches his attention
by Jaru the Chonk November 20, 2022
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speed scrolling

When you find yourself looking for an email sent weeks ago and have to to gather momentum by scrolling down really fast on the keyboard.
I was looking for that email from Kyle from 2 months ago it took ages.

You should try speed scrolling, I can get to the bottom of my email in 10secondst
by Laranna:) September 12, 2013
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Skid Scroll

The name for the remaining roll of toilet paper after someone has wiped their ass with it and then rolled it back up rather than tearing it off and flushing it.
Tim decided it would be funny to leave a skid scroll in the dorm bathroom.
by ShitDoctor April 27, 2010
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