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Re:The top-selling game on Steam is a new 254-player FPS mad... by jstarfish on Sunday June 18, 2023 @04:00PM (#36383846)
"Giving up the ghost" was the name of a BT song about dying, from 1999.

Werewolves in "Zombies Ate My Neighbors" (1993) would literally produce their ghost as part of their death animation.

I don't hear it often but it's been part of the English vernacular for at least 30 years, and certainly before my time.

Re:The top-selling game on Steam is a new 254-player FPS mad... by carlmr on Sunday June 18, 2023 @04:03PM (#36383884)
Interesting, it's very common in German, and I've only ever heard Germans saying it in English.