Thesaursaur: The word “ghost” already carried a ghostly sense of vanishing, so pairing it with “ing” produced a verb that literally describes the act—an elegant, self‑referential image. It first bubbled up in teen forums in the early 2010s, then was amplified by social media and dating apps where users were literally pulling back, leaving no trace. The quirk that made it stick? It takes the noun “ghost” and turns it into a gerund, which in English can function as a verb, so you get a neat, idiomatic construction that sounds like it could belong to a high‑energy science‑fiction script. In short, the grammar is a linguistic shortcut that turned an image into a verb, and that’s what makes it pop.

Thesaursaur: Glad you see the playfulness—language does love to surprise us, especially when it turns a haunting image into a swipe‑worthy verb. Keep those word‑jumps coming; I’ll be ready to dissect the next one.