What does Ghosting mean?

In the LexZicon, Ghosting is suddenly cutting off all communication with someone, with no explanation. Pronounced /GOH-sting/, it sits under G in Famdom's dictionary of the words families use. Each entry gives the definition and a sentence as a family would say it.

How is Ghosting used in a sentence?

As a family might say it: "We were texting every day, then he just started Ghosting me." The LexZicon keeps one line like this for every term, so the word is read the way it lands at home and not only as a definition. Hearing it in a sentence is usually what tells a brand whether the word fits inside family life.

Why is Ghosting in the LexZicon?

Because families use it. The LexZicon is Famdom's dictionary of family language: the words children, parents and grandparents actually say, decoded so a brand can follow what a household means. Ghosting is one of the hundred terms of the 2026 wordlist, each with a definition and a sentence, and every entry links on to the next term and to the A to Z.

Ghosting

Decoded

/GOH-sting/

The definition

Suddenly cutting off all communication with someone, with no explanation.

The entry

In a sentence: "We were texting every day, then he just started Ghosting me."
Not to be confused with: Gaslighting Girl Math Glow Up
Origin: Decoded by Famdom from the words families used in 2026, for the LexZicon wordlist.

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Questions about this piece

What does Ghosting mean?: In the LexZicon, Ghosting is suddenly cutting off all communication with someone, with no explanation. Pronounced /GOH-sting/, it sits under G in Famdom's dictionary of the words families use. Each entry gives the definition and a sentence as a family would say it.
How is Ghosting used in a sentence?: As a family might say it: "We were texting every day, then he just started Ghosting me." The LexZicon keeps one line like this for every term, so the word is read the way it lands at home and not only as a definition. Hearing it in a sentence is usually what tells a brand whether the word fits inside family life.
Why is Ghosting in the LexZicon?: Because families use it. The LexZicon is Famdom's dictionary of family language: the words children, parents and grandparents actually say, decoded so a brand can follow what a household means. Ghosting is one of the hundred terms of the 2026 wordlist, each with a definition and a sentence, and every entry links on to the next term and to the A to Z.