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FOMO

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Noun — Fear of missing out: the uneasy feeling that others are having rewarding experiences you are being left out of, often prompted by seeing them online.

How to use FOMO

The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.

serious FOMO out of FOMO FOMO kicked in

Informal, though now common in mainstream journalism and marketing.

Etymology

An initialism of "fear of missing out," which came into wide use with social media in the 2000s and 2010s.

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Frequently asked questions

What does FOMO stand for?

Fear of missing out — the anxious sense that other people are enjoying something you are not part of.

What is the opposite of FOMO?

JOMO, the joy of missing out: deliberately staying out of something and being glad of it.

Is FOMO written in capitals?

Usually, because it is an initialism — FOMO. Lower-case "fomo" is common in casual writing and is not wrong, just less formal.

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