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/Sounds like "ohr" (as in "oh") + "bee" (as in "bee") + "TAHR" (as in "tar")/

Meaning

To keep hovering around someone on social media after they ghosted you, with zero dignity. Watching their stories, liking old photos, but never actually talking to them directly.

Examples

He unfollowed her but keeps orbiting her stories.

Stop orbiting your ex and move on.

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Regional synonyms

The habit of overanalyzing everything until you mentally block yourself and cannot move forward. The torturous loop of going over the same situation from every angle without reaching a useful conclusion, usually activating right when you are trying to fall asleep. Widely used across Latin America and Spain as a borrowed English term.