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.
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
Get the phantom menacingmug. 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
Get the Phantom Menagemug. hard work and determination.
by Le Roi November 16, 2016
Get the phantom grindmug. '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
Get the Phantom Caloriemug. Girl you'll never believe what happened to me last night, I got Phantom Poke'd from a ghost last night
by SpanglyCharly October 11, 2019
Get the Phantom Pokemug. The mysterious flushing of automatic toilets even though you haven't sat down or removed yourself from the toilet seat.
Individual sits on toilet to do their “business”. Suddenly the toilet proceeds to make 2 - 3 "phantom flushes" even though all they've done is shifted in the seat or reached for some toilet paper. Sometimes no movement is necessary to trigger this effect.
by confused23 February 22, 2010
Get the phantom flushmug. A booger that rattles in your nose, you can feel it with your finger, but can't ever seem to extract on your fingertip.
by hewhocreatesnewwords October 8, 2015
Get the phantom boogermug.