A slang term used to describe the phenomenon of people building up excitement for a form of entertainment media, purely over nonexistent information and rumors that are taken as true statements. Often leading to disappointed and angry fans when the aforementioned rumors are proven to be false.
Friend: “ did you hear Hugh Jackman‘s Wolverine and Tobey Maguire Spider-Man is going to be a Deadpool 3!?”
Friend 2: “no I didn’t, I think that’s just a bunch of ghost hype.”
Friend 2: “no I didn’t, I think that’s just a bunch of ghost hype.”
by John tabasco November 26, 2023
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Get the Believe da hype mug.The act from a third party of interfering and/or ruining the final expression of hype and enjoyment in regards to a product release, service release or activity in an incompetent or malicious way while it would've been a success otherwise.
Person 1: "OMG, these scalpers totally hype fucked the release of the new line-up of GPUs!"
Person 2: "Ikr! These people are proper asshats."
Person 1: "A Youtuber I used to follow decided it was ok to spread misinformation about new game releases for clicks..."
Person 2: "Seems some people really love hype fucking these releases with their channels while getting rich in the process. Wow."
Person 1: "Hiya! You finally downloaded the game we were going to play together, right?! Wanna play right now?"
Person 2: "No I need to finish something else first and I'll be really busy upcoming days. One guy I've been doing a group project with didn't do his part of the job properly so now I need go ahead and do it. I'm really sorry."
Person 1: "Wow really? I've been so looking forward to playing together. What a hype fuck!"
Person 2: "Ikr! These people are proper asshats."
Person 1: "A Youtuber I used to follow decided it was ok to spread misinformation about new game releases for clicks..."
Person 2: "Seems some people really love hype fucking these releases with their channels while getting rich in the process. Wow."
Person 1: "Hiya! You finally downloaded the game we were going to play together, right?! Wanna play right now?"
Person 2: "No I need to finish something else first and I'll be really busy upcoming days. One guy I've been doing a group project with didn't do his part of the job properly so now I need go ahead and do it. I'm really sorry."
Person 1: "Wow really? I've been so looking forward to playing together. What a hype fuck!"
by Lifell December 8, 2023
Get the Hype fucking mug.Focusing so much on advertising for a single piece of media (video game, movie, tv show, public event) that you become blinded to how bad the content actually is, and go out of your way to defend the content from criticism for no reason.
Comparable to Tunnel-vision
Comparable to Tunnel-vision
People have some serious hype-vision over fallout76, so many people defend it for no reason when it first came out it was total crap.
by CrocTheTerrible October 9, 2021
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Similar to tunnel-vision
Similar to tunnel-vision
People had really bad hype-vision for fallout 76 when it first came out, the games still crap but it’s getting better.
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