Etymology

phantom vibration syndrome

Today it means: The perception that one's mobile phone is vibrating or ringing when it is not. Full definition →

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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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