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phantom vibration syndrome

phantom vibration syndrome noun: the perception that one's mobile phone is vibrating or ringing when it is not.

Noun

phantom vibration syndrome (uncountable)

  1. The perception that one's mobile phone is vibrating or ringing when it is not.

Origin of phantom vibration syndrome

First used in a 2003 article entitled "Phantom Vibration Syndrome" published in the New Pittsburgh Courier, written by Robert D. Jones under a pseudonym.

Questions about phantom vibration syndrome

What does phantom vibration syndrome mean?
Phantom vibration syndrome means the perception that one's mobile phone is vibrating or ringing when it is not.
What part of speech is phantom vibration syndrome?
Phantom vibration syndrome is a noun.

Words near phantom vibration syndrome in the dictionary

  1. phantom stocks
  2. phantom tumour
  3. phantom tumours
  4. phantom type
  5. phantom types
  6. phantom vibration syndrome
  7. phantom withdrawal
  8. phantom withdrawals
  9. phantom word
  10. phantom words
  11. phantomatic

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