Etymology

FOMO

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Today it means: To experience FOMO (“the fear of missing out”); to act on one's FOMO, often impulsively [(often) with into]. Full definition →

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Coined c. 2004 in the US by Patrick James McGinnis, in the same article as FOBO.

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