When you doom scroll for so long on YouTube shorts or TikTok that you randomly break out in scrolling motions throughout the day, though you may not even be on your phone.
Friend 1: Bro snap out of it. You are phantom scrolling the air.
Friend 2: Huh…oh dang whoops.
Friend 1: That’s gotta be more addictive than cigarettes. You need help.
Friend 2: Huh…oh dang whoops.
Friend 1: That’s gotta be more addictive than cigarettes. You need help.
by Jitskin March 4, 2025
Get the Phantom Scrolling mug.When you doom scroll so much, you no longer watch YouTube shorts for entertainment, you just do it because you are addicted to the scrolling motion. Excessive exposure may result in endless scrolling through any app that has shorts, including but not limited to LinkedIn.
Please help me. Seriously, this is a cry for help. I’ve been doom scrolling so much that now I am now phantom scrolling.
by Jitskin March 9, 2025
Get the Phantom Scrolling mug.When you scroll too much on YouTube shorts or TikTok, that you no longer scroll for the point of entertainment, but rather because you are addicted to the scrolling motion.
Guys I just caught myself phantom scrolling on LinkedIn shorts. This is a cry for help, someone help me.
by Jitskin March 22, 2025
Get the Phantom Scrolling mug.Wasting time, energy or money, scrolling aimlessly through frivolous content on social media, websites or video sharing sites. Could also be loosely be referred to as Idle Scrolling, which is spending time doing nothing, albeit one is scrolling, they are scrolling without purpose, aim or goal.
The concept is also applied to wasting time through other means, see Fritter Lifing.
The concept is also applied to wasting time through other means, see Fritter Lifing.
by Milky786 May 21, 2023
Get the Fritter Scrolling mug.When you’re mad at your boyfriend so you aggressively scroll on your phone instead of talking to him
She’s sitting there angry-scrolling and ignoring me
by mir fin June 4, 2023
Get the Angry-scrolling mug."Stop scrolling" is a request that never works. If somebody says "stop scrolling" to you, you won't.
Terrifying white woman: "Stop scrolling, veryuselessperson78!"
veryuselessperson78: "Leave me alone."
And then the dog came in.
veryuselessperson78: "Leave me alone."
And then the dog came in.
by TesTy_DaBlockz July 8, 2024
Get the Stop scrolling mug.When you are scrolling through pornographic websites while edging. Usually due to being unable to pick a video or due to seeing something better a little more down. Synonymous with "Scroll Edging" and very similar to "Goon Scrolling" also the point of edge scrolling is to eventually nut while Goon Scrolling can simply mean pleasuring one's self whilst not going all the way.
by Sponuts August 4, 2024
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