ghostee

English

Etymology

ghost +‎ -ee

Noun

ghostee (plural ghostees)

  1. (slang) A person who is ghosted or ignored by someone else.
    Coordinate term: ghoster
    • 2019 March 11, Vinita Mehta, “The Anatomy of Ghosting”, in Psychology Today‎:
      Now, a new study led by Leah LeFebvre of the University of Alabama sought to shed scientific light on this phenomenon, to help demystify why and how ghosters choose to end a relationship in this manner, and how ghostees experience this method of relationship dissolution.
    • 2022 March 3, Murtaza Ali, “Why Ghosting Hurts Both the Ghoster and the Ghostee”, in Medium‎:
      The damage to the recipient — who I will now refer to as the ghostee — is fairly clear.

Spanish

Verb

ghostee

  1. inflection of ghostear:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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