Verb

Compulsively checking social media based on fomo (fear of missing out).

| fōmō |

noun

a state of mental or emotional strain caused by the fear of missing out.

• Evolutionary biology - an omnipresent anxiety brought on by our cognitive ability to recognize potential opportunities: The brothers had last-slice fomo as they stared at what was left of pizza.

• (with subject) desire to do something, typically accompanied by unease.

• A form of social anxiety - a compulsive concern that one might miss an opportunity or satisfying event, often aroused by posts seen on social media websites.

ORIGIN: acronym from FEAR OF MISSING OUT

A disorder that Norman "Nick" suffers from. He cannot miss out on anything or it will just continuously eat at him forever. He will try to go to any extent to ensure that he does not miss out on anything because he doesn't want to be the one person who wasn't there.

Fear of missing out. This is a very common term thrown at one specific avetard, this nigga has the biggest fear of missing out, causing him to literally drive 5 hours at a random point in time just to avoid missing out on something. "Oh shit, what if they do something super lit and I'm not there." And to whoever took this shit down, FUCK YOU

Having no fear of missing out (fomo) on social media updates and taking a short break to focus on real-life things.

"fear of missing out". The fear that if you miss a party or event you will miss out on something great

Acronym - Fear Of Missing Out

The intensely annoying act of being psychologically and physically compelled to open social networking or email applications at innoppropriate times. Significantly the FOMO phenomena generally occurs during mid-conversation with friends and loved ones, usually resulting in the individual/s involved in the conversation, that are not afflicted with FOMO, experiencing isolated incidents of intense rage.