FOMO
Fear Of Missing Out
(pronounced: foh-moh)
As heard at South by Southwest, while social networking it's the state of paying partial attention to everything for "fear of missing out" on something. Lest you be the last to know!
An acronym used in texting, online chat, instant messaging, e-mail, blogs, and newsgroup postings, it is also considered a form of online jargon or text message shorthand.
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NetLingo Classification: Acronyms and Text Message
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