When you could swear that you felt your phone go off in your pocket. But then upon checking, you discover your phone wasn't even in your pocket.
That's weird, I just had some Phantom vibes...I thought I felt my phone go off, then I realized I left it in the car.
by Badassballer January 28, 2016

When you your walking in the dark or preoccupied with your mobile phone/psp/ipod etc. etc. whilst on the stairs and then you get to the top step and totally freakout when you go to step on the next step and there isn't one there and you proceed to have a mini heart-attack and then you realize everything is ok.
*ring ring*
Jim: Oh hey man.
Ron: Hey wanna grab a beer later?
Jim: Yeah sounds good.
Ron: Ok I'm on my way to the car. I'll be over there in abo- aughhhhh.
Jim: Ron?! RON!?!?
Ron: Oh my sweet Jesus *sob*
Jim: Dude what's wrong?!?!
Ron: Oh never mind I was just walking up the stairs and there was a phantom step. No biggie.
Jim: Screw you.
*click*
Jim: Oh hey man.
Ron: Hey wanna grab a beer later?
Jim: Yeah sounds good.
Ron: Ok I'm on my way to the car. I'll be over there in abo- aughhhhh.
Jim: Ron?! RON!?!?
Ron: Oh my sweet Jesus *sob*
Jim: Dude what's wrong?!?!
Ron: Oh never mind I was just walking up the stairs and there was a phantom step. No biggie.
Jim: Screw you.
*click*
by Sir Timothy Longcockathong February 13, 2009

The artist and animator of the hit game Friday Night Funkin' working alongside ninjamuffin99, evilsk8tr, and Kawai Sprite
Guy 1: Man, Phantom Arcade is such a cool animator!
Guy 2: I know, right? And his animations are so funny!
Guy 2: I know, right? And his animations are so funny!
by such a weirdo October 20, 2021

by ongadoolover October 24, 2020

1) False sensation of thinking you're gonna produce and show out but fail in the most crucial moments.
2) when there's hype and build up that results in empty promises
2) when there's hype and build up that results in empty promises
by Ba1man3 March 14, 2020

A phantom is a shit that mystically appears in the vicinity of another person with no explanation as to who or how it was laid.
Example 1. While camping Rodney is woken by the sounds of birds chirping. He alights from his sleeping bag and unzips the tent fly. His nostrils are hit with the stench of a fresh turd and on looking down he observes a large Mr whippy shit. As he is camping with his friend Jerry he imagines it was him who laid "the phantom" but he has no proof.
Example 2. Sams neighbour's cat is using his front yard as a cat litter and depositing excrement on his property daily. One night Sam has finally had enough so he walks next door and does "a phantom" on the front door step. As he is a delivery driver at 5am on waking instead of pumping out a stomach cable on the porcelain throne he heads next door and phantoms next to the letterbox.
Example 1. While camping Rodney is woken by the sounds of birds chirping. He alights from his sleeping bag and unzips the tent fly. His nostrils are hit with the stench of a fresh turd and on looking down he observes a large Mr whippy shit. As he is camping with his friend Jerry he imagines it was him who laid "the phantom" but he has no proof.
Example 2. Sams neighbour's cat is using his front yard as a cat litter and depositing excrement on his property daily. One night Sam has finally had enough so he walks next door and does "a phantom" on the front door step. As he is a delivery driver at 5am on waking instead of pumping out a stomach cable on the porcelain throne he heads next door and phantoms next to the letterbox.
by It's the OG Phantom Shitter September 19, 2016

A restaurant or coffee shop you half remember visiting while drunk. In most cases the location of the restaurant is mistaken. If a drunk forgets something and tries to retrieve it the following day it will seem as though the restaurant was an apparition, as there is no restaurant where they believe they ate.
Its called a phantom diner because the scenario is very similar to a popular ghost story genre - a man has en experience with strange characters at a bar, on a ship, on a train, only to return the next day to find the setting has been abandoned for many years, or is just gone.
Its called a phantom diner because the scenario is very similar to a popular ghost story genre - a man has en experience with strange characters at a bar, on a ship, on a train, only to return the next day to find the setting has been abandoned for many years, or is just gone.
"I swear I was at a diner on 45th and Oak Street last night and left my phone. I took a cab there this morning, but when I got there there was no restaurant to be found. It's like it just vanished"
"You were at a phantom diner"
"You were at a phantom diner"
by Pellar January 8, 2009
