# phantom vibration syndrome

> English word · Noun

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

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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