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phantom menacing

A close cousin to submarining but not exactly ghosting, phantom menacing is the continuous act of showing signs of life on someone's social media feed (mostly through likes, possibly retweets) repeatedly or in intermittent patterns. But what makes phantom menacing different from submarining is that the phantom menace never actually opens up a line of dialog with the target in public conversation or private messaging.

While a person can phantom menace someone of any gender that they have a platonic relationship with, phantom menacing is virtually always done to a woman by a man after hooking up or dating. He will do this for weeks or even several months after he last exchanged a word with her yet never actually talk to her even after liking hundreds of her tweets.
"Remember that guy John I hooked up with forever ago at that party? We still follow each other on Facebook even though we haven't spoken in almost a year. Why does he keep phantom menacing me every few months by liking up every single post yet not saying anything? I don't live in a fuckin guarded tower, JUST TALK TO ME."
by bufonidae666 August 1, 2018
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Phantom Menage

A Menage a Trois where one of the people involved is not aware of it being a three-way. More points are awarded the longer the "victim" is kept unawares of the third party.
"Were you at the party last night? Steve and Rob ended up in a Phantom Menage with Cindy! you should have heard her freak when she found out!"
by Bone Stoner December 19, 2009
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Phantom Cuck

When you cuck somebody by fucking their partner, but they aren’t there to watch. So basically just sex, but you can use this phrase to seem cool around friends.
“Man, my friend fucked my girl behind my back...I got Phantom Cucked!”
by Crunchy_bois May 21, 2020
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Phantom Dingleberry

The sensation of a Dingleberry rolling down your pant leg and when checked there is no said Dingleberry to be found.
I was walking across the dance floor when I felt a dingleberry roll from between my cheeks and down my leg. I looked behind me mortified of what I would find, only to see nothing there. It was the ole' Phantom Dingleberry.
by P Word Miester December 5, 2013
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Phantom Personality

When someone doesn't have a definable personality, and changes and jumps between traits often.

This term is often used when describing someone.
"I really don't know how to describe myself, there's too many random things about me."

"Dude, you might just have a Phantom Personality."
by J. Calcus January 24, 2018
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Beer Phantom

"Hey man, nice to meet you, catch yah around.
We've met before at Casey's

Oh shit, you're my beer phantom."
by punklovedesigns.com May 1, 2013
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Phantom Calorie

aka Ghost Calorie, when someone engages in a strict diet but still gets fat.
'She's been on like a diet since like 2002, wtf is wrong with those like phantom calories.' - Elaine
by 'Filthy Mortal Child' July 28, 2018
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