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phantom vibration syndrome

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English

Syllables
phan-tom vi-bra-tion syn-drome
IPA
42
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
5
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Etymology

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

Usage

Questions

What does phantom vibration syndrome mean?
The perception that one's mobile phone is vibrating or ringing when it is not.
Where does phantom vibration syndrome come from?
First used in a 2003 article entitled "Phantom Vibration Syndrome" published in the New Pittsburgh Courier, written by Robert D. Jones under a pseudonym.

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