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An actual acronym among the mass of Millennial abbreviations--WTF, OMFG, ad nauseum--mistaken as such.
The word fomo (not to be mistaken with its homophone, Faux-mo) stands for “fuck off; move on.” Its lack of semicolon is comparable to other minor details implied—though not included—in the transference of countless other phrases to acronyms. ex: the word “of” in OPEC. Created as an addition to the lexicon of netspeak, fomo is ideal for a thread in which some twatrot insists on saying the same thing with slightly different phrasing under the auspices that this time s/he’ll make everyone else “see the light.” A mod or community member who’s had enough might chime in ‘”Dude, we all heard you. Feel free to fomo. Matter of fact, I insist.’ However, the inception of fomo came about in direct response to some Millennials with the attention span of gnats, who—despite the fact they’ve never read an entire book in their lives—still feel the inherent need to exert the time and energy to snark that a 5-paragraph post was tl; dr. (via chat):
‘Fecking shit. I spent all morning writing a blog just to log-in tonight and find four lame-ass comments in response!’ ‘dang, maing. 4 cmnts means u affected 4 ppl. imagine how I feel 2 get cero?’ ‘Yeah, well imagine how *I* feel when all four say ‘tl;dr’?’ ‘worrrrrst. it's like, whyd they feel the need 2 tell u that? bitches need to just fomo—and fast.’ ‘Agreed. I don’t have to stop some author in his tracks and go, ‘Hey, I didn’t read your book.’ ‘Totez.’ ‘O.K. You can speak in English now…” |
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April 14, 2011 Urban Word of the Day
"fear of missing out". The fear that if you miss a party or event you will miss out on something great Even though he was exhausted, John's fomo got the best of him and he went to the party.
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Fear of missing out ( on good times, gig, party or similar ) " I can't decide if I should go out tonight, but I know that if I don't I know I'll get chronic fomo "
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Fear of Missing Out - the fear you feel that you will miss out on something huge if you don't do something/participate in an event. 'I want to stay home tonight but I have FOMO so I will push through the fatigue.'
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"Fear of missing out" Jonny got the rep for being a fomo, but jake's a bigger one.
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Mental State... fear of missing out Billy's fomo grew stronger when all of his friends had tickets to the upcoming show! Against all good reasoning he went to the venue anyways without tickets!
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(Acronym) Fear of Missing Out Used when you've either been invited somewhere and can't attend for one reason or another. Or, when you haven't been invited somewhere and everyone else is going. Kate: "Have you been invited to the hottest party of the year next week that everyone is going to?"
me: "What invite? No, I'm not. Is everyone going to be there? I've got serious FOMO" |
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Fear Of Missing Out-
(I am the originator of this term back in 2000) It's true definition is: To be in one location yet have an overwhelming feeling that something really great is happening elsewhere... thus you must leave one party to attend another... only to discover that you are still plagued by the fomo at the new location. Burning Man gives me bad FOMO... actually all festivals do.
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