ghosting

== English == === Etymology === From ghost +‎ -ing. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -əʊstɪŋ === Noun === ghosting (countable and uncountable, plural ghostings) The practice of hiding prisoners from inspection from (possibly hostile) outside inspectors. (electronics, television) The blurry appearance of a television picture resulting from interference caused by multipath reception. (computing) Ghost imaging. A form of identity theft in which someone steals the identity, and sometimes even the role within society, of a specific dead person (the "ghost") who is not widely known to be deceased. (computing) A problem with a keyboard where certain simultaneous keypresses trigger the action of a further key that was not in fact pressed. (colloquial) A method of ending a personal relationship by stopping any contact with the other party and not providing an explanation. [from 2000s] The phenomenon of the writing on one side of a page in a notebook being partly visible on the other side. (slang) The act or habit of exhaling vape smoke slowly, to prevent others from noticing. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== breadcrumbing cushioning orbiting zombieing === Verb === ghosting present participle and gerund of ghost === Further reading === ghosting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia