When one leaves a party/gathering/event without saying their goodbyes to any of their friends, whereby relieving themselves from the exhausting and time consuming "goodbye" rituals.
by Rodneywayne July 30, 2011

The feeling of your phone vibrating in your pocket when it is not there. Also occurs when you have lost your cellphone, but keep hearing it ring.
by Le Miel February 5, 2010

When a popular social media app clearly indicates that you have an unread notification, only to reveal there are no new notifications. The only people affected by this are people that never get mentions or RTs, because important people always have hundreds of unread messages at any given time. The Phantom message is a technique the service uses to make you feel popular, even though nobody reads your lame-ass tweets.
by bkn June 13, 2014

A paranormal phenomena who haunts the ranks of the internet. His identity and orgin remain unsolved. He is feared by all and has the entire population of the world scared when he uses his catch phrase (see boo)
by anonymous contributor April 13, 2005

click, click, click
jonny:stop playing with that switch, you will break it.
bob: dont worry, its just a phantom switch, it doesnt do anything
jonny:stop playing with that switch, you will break it.
bob: dont worry, its just a phantom switch, it doesnt do anything
by jamezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz April 9, 2006

by kitty-ana September 26, 2007

"Hey why is that patient here in the asylum" he asked "She said her boyfriend killed a man but she's lived alone she must have made a phantom lover."
by Bryony Cree July 9, 2014
