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 14, 2014
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 05, 2010
by kitty-ana September 13, 2007
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 January 29, 2006
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
"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 09, 2014
by The OC is gay April 20, 2005