pho•mo pho-moh. Noun. Slang Informal
~an anxious state of butthurt or emotional insecurity that is caused by viewing photos of your peers eating pho together without you, often aroused by posts on social media.
• Evolutionary biology - an omnipresent anxiety brought on by our cognitive ability to recognize the potential opportunities to enjoy pho with our family & friends
Derived from the nouns phone and mongole. Noun - person who's phone shows more than 2 hours screen on time, thus rendering them unable to achieve normal human communication.
Noun - dribbling idiot who spends far too much time on their devices. When questioned on any topic a phomo will spew out ideas they have read. They have no original thoughts or opinions of their own.
Phombie: (phone zombie) a person who is staring at their mobile device or phone in an emotionless daze. Often so fixated on their display screen, in a zombie like state, that they are completely oblivious of other people and their surroundings. Someone can be a phombie for a brief moment or for long periods of time. crackberrytext addicttext-a-holic
(Girl talking to her friends) She was such a phombie last night. She didn’t talk to anyone at the party. All night long she just sat in the corner, ignoring everyone, texting and staring at her phone.
(Passenger says to driver) Look out for that phombie crossing the street. Could he be more oblivious to what is going on around him. Texting and walking into traffic with little white buds in ear can't be good for your health!