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Faye why are you cutting holes in that bed sheet? Oh just getting my costume ready for tonight Neil. I'm coming as a ghost. What about you?

I don't really feel like it, Faye, I thought you were bringing your new girlfriend.

Sadly not. She hasn't replied to any of my messages for a whole week.

Oh, sorry, Neil. Looks like she's ghosting you. No, like I said, she's not coming

tonight. You'll be the only ghost at the party, I'm afraid.

Neil, ghosting is a slang word. If you ghost someone, it means you suddenly stop all communication with them, with no explanation.

Ah, right. Yes, she doesn't answer my calls, doesn't reply to my texts.

That's ghosting. Some people do it to end a relationship.

So are you saying she wants to split up with me?

I don't know, but it's not a very nice way to treat people.

We even use the word ghosting between friends when one stops contacting the other.

It's not only for romantic relationships.

Anyway, help me cut this second eye out of my ghost costume

while we play some examples.

Catcher felt awful for weeks after being ghosted by a guy she really liked.

Kako wanted to break up with her boyfriend but didn't want to upset him.

So when he suddenly started ghosting her, she actually felt relieved.

O'Rhe and Raffer used to hang out... She actually felt relieved.

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