ghosting

verb

1
To haunt; to appear to in the form of an apparition.
2
To die; to expire.
3
To ghostwrite.
4
To sail seemingly without wind.
5
To copy a file or hard drive image.
6
To gray out (a visual item) to indicate that it is unavailable.
7
To forcibly disconnect an IRC user who is using one's reserved nickname.
8
To appear without warning; to move quickly and quietly; to slip.
9
To kill.
10
To break up with someone without warning or explanation; to perform an act of ghosting.

1
The practice of hiding prisoners from inspection from (possibly hostile) outside inspectors.
2
The blurry appearance of a television picture resulting from interference caused by multipath reception.
3
Ghost imaging.
4
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.
5
A problem with a keyboard where certain simultaneous keypresses trigger the action of a further key that was not in fact pressed.
6
A method of ending a personal relationship by stopping any contact with the other party and not providing an explanation.
“Stories of ghosting often deal with broken-off romances, but it's worth mentioning that friend ghosting is real, and sometimes necessary.”
7
The phenomenon of the writing on one side of a page in a notebook being partly visible on the other side.

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