Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Acronym of fear of missing out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: JOMO
noun
Alternative form of FOMO.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To experience FOMO (“the fear of missing out”); to act on one's FOMO, often impulsively [(often) with into].
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Coined c. 2004 in the US by Patrick James McGinnis, in the same article as FOBO.
