Basically, when you are on the phone with a loved one and you have no way of getting to them, you phone spoon. You cuddle up next to your phone, put it on speaker, and spoon it. It's a very efficient way of expressing love for your girlfriend/boyfriend. You can talk and feel comfortable without being seen. If it doesn't feel the same, you can put your phone into a body pillow and phone spoon that way.

Also if you have a secret admirer, you don't have to be embarrassed of phone spooning them because they will never know!

A buzz word being used to refer to creators and influencers forming or encouraging unhealthy relationships with their fans. Usually used in the context of young audiences feeling they have a relationship with the influencer due to the huge amount of the influencer’s content they consume. The influencer in question, however, is unaware of the fan’s existence other than the general knowledge of having fans. Common examples include Dream and his stans. These relationships are exacerbated by the influencers confirming they have more than a creator-to-viewer relationship.

The word is circulating due to various YouTube essays about the phenomenon using the word, and therefore people who enjoy complaining about influencers repeating what they heard in the video in any comments section they can find.