Have you heard of FOMO?

MARILYN

@Marilynda1225 (79731)

• United States

3 Jun 22

YOLO is a new one for me!!

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Jun 22

That's a new one to me - YOLO. I must remember it and stun someone with it one day.

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paigea

@paigea (35692)

• Canada

2 Jun 22

@JudyEv I wonder if we could have an entire thread of Acronyms.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (169966)

• United States

2 Jun 22

I might have heard of it, but I had no idea what it meant...See you've done a public service..

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (157551)

• United States

2 Jun 22

@JudyEv I do not know BOLO.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (169966)

• United States

2 Jun 22

@JudyEv Yes!

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Jun 22

And now, from the responses I've learnt YOLO and BOLO. Two new things I've learnt and it's only 11.30am. It's going to be a great day!

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Amber

@AmbiePam (85496)

• United States

2 Jun 22

Oh yes, I've heard it dozens of times.

And, experienced it a couple of times too.

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (157551)

• United States

2 Jun 22

@JudyEv I believe many of us have this to one degree or another.

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Jun 22

@GardenGerty Oh definitely! Some are good ideas - air fryers, slow cookers - but they might start out as FOMOs.

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Jun 22

Haha - it's easy to get caught up with the latest fads or whatever.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111178)

• El Paso, Texas

2 Jun 22

First I've ever heard of it. Besides, I'm not a sheep, I tend to be more like a female cougar.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (111178)

• El Paso, Texas

2 Jun 22

You're right about that. Looks like you're not a sheep either

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Jun 22

I think too much FOMO could be costly - if you always have to have what everyone else has. I'm glad you're not a sheep.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (94552)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

2 Jun 22

I remember a female wrestler star in her Tweets saying the term "FOMO". When she mentioned that the meaning was Fear Of Missing Out. I got the message since kids use sayings that I am familiar with in their twitter accounts.

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Jun 22

There are a great many shortcuts used in texting and tweeting.

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Jun 22

@Deepizzaguy I can just about believe that!!

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (94552)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

5 Jun 22

@JudyEv The joke that I make of myself is that I understand Latin comedians on television show speaking better than kids today talking in their language.

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Dena Miller

@Dena91 (15860)

• United States

2 Jun 22

FOMO, first time hearing this term.

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Jun 22

What about BOLO and YOLO? They were new to me.

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Dena Miller

@Dena91 (15860)

• United States

5 Jun 22

@JudyEv Yes, I do know those two Be On The Lookout and You Only Live Once

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Jun 22

@Dena91 And now I've learnt BOGO - buy one get one - so that's four now.

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Sanjeev

@sjvg1976 (41131)

• Delhi, India

2 Jun 22

NO, I never heard of FOMO. I also never heard people using the acronym here.

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Jun 22

And I've learnt two new ones too. BOLO (be on the lookout) and YOLO (you only live once).

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (86754)

• United States

2 Jun 22

Nice photo anyway Judy. I had never heard of FOMO but I am always worried about missing out

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Jun 22

I can understand the concept. Sometimes, it's easy to want to follow the mob and have this, that and the other.

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OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (86754)

• United States

2 Jun 22

@JudyEv

Ill follow if I can have all this that and the other

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Anna

@LadyDuck (458122)

• Switzerland

2 Jun 22

I cannot remember I heard of FOMO before, may be but in this case I forgot.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (458122)

• Switzerland

5 Jun 22

@JudyEv I think they are exaggerating, I blame the smartphone, people are too lazy to type full sentences. About YOLO it also means "You Only Look Once". YOLO is a real-time object detection system. So this one could be confusing.

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Jun 22

@LadyDuck Yes, that could be very confusing.

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Jun 22

I've learnt another three since I wrote the post - BOLO (be on the lookout), BOGO (buy one get one) and YOLO (you only live once). haha - who would have thought?

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (95189)

• Marion, Ohio

2 Jun 22

I had heard it but not for some time

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

2 Jun 22

I still hear it from time to time.

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Loretta

@noni1959 (9886)

• United States

4 Jun 22

I've never heard of this. I've learned something new today.

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Loretta

@noni1959 (9886)

• United States

9 Jun 22

@JudyEv

We have BOGO too. Buy one get one.

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 Jun 22

@noni1959 I've learnt 4 or 5 new ones here.

@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Jun 22

And I learnt two things - BOLO (be on the lookout) and YOLO (you only live once).

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (129470)

• Israel

2 Jun 22

@JudyEv Judy, thank you for sharing that with us but I have neer heard of FOMO before now.

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Jun 22

It's funny how these phrases become part of some people's speech.

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Jun 22

@Hannihar Not really. Some phrases seem to go in and out of fashion, don't they?

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Hanni Harel

@Hannihar (129470)

• Israel

6 Jun 22

@JudyEv You are right Judy. Do you have a favorite phrase? Right now I cannot think of one for me.

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@58lordstreet (1669)

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2 Jun 22

yes I actually know that one which is unusual for me lol ..........what about all the Aussie slang ?

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Jun 22

Australia has a lot of slang. I sometimes get blank looks here (well, I would if I were talking) when I use terms that people aren't aware of. It's hard sometimes to know what is commonplace and what isn't.

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Jun 22

@58lordstreet I don't know ffs but you don't need to tell me. And then there is lmao too.

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@58lordstreet (1669)

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5 Jun 22

@JudyEv they do like to shorten things lol rofl(I dont really use the second one) or ffs

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@58lordstreet (1669)

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5 Jun 22

TTFN

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Jun 22

Haha - yes, I know that one- but I don't like it much. No idea why not though.

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@58lordstreet (1669)

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6 Jun 22

@JudyEv no me neither , I think of a certain radio presenter in the 1960s

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Jeff Moffitt

@moffittjc (118442)

• Gainesville, Florida

3 Jun 22

Yes, very familiar with the term. It applies a lot to social media and the younger generation. They are constantly checking their social media sites for the latest updates due to FOMO.

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Jeff Moffitt

@moffittjc (118442)

• Gainesville, Florida

6 Jun 22

@JudyEv Same concept, different name. Haha

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Jun 22

I guess in the olden days maybe it equated to 'keeping up with the Joneses'.

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Marsha

@MarshaMusselman (38657)

• Midland, Michigan

4 Jun 22

I've never heard that particular acronym before but I tend to forget the meaning of the ones the younger generation uses all the time.

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Marsha

@MarshaMusselman (38657)

• Midland, Michigan

6 Jun 22

@JudyEv that's true. And because they use them all the time they don't forget.

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Jun 22

People who are on their mobiles all the time use a great number of shortcuts.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

2 Jun 22

I haven’t heard it or didn’t pay attention if I did.

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@JudyEv (325798)

• Rockingham, Australia

5 Jun 22

There are so many abbreviations that people use on their mobiles. I don't know half of them either.

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Ruby Hawk

@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

6 Jun 22

@JudyEv I don’t play video games either.

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Krissttina Isobe

@oahuwriter (26780)

• United States

3 Jun 22

Yes, recently on news, the reporters all younger parents, was discussing things, FOMO was said. Not heard of BOLO or YOLO, though. Sounds like it was a good concert.

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