Fear of Missing Out - FOMO

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1/9/2025

FOMO stands for Fear Of Missing Out. Social media sites create many opportunities for FOMO. Smartphones and other mobile devices enable people to remain in contact with their social and professional network continuously. This may result in compulsive checking for status updates and messages, for fear of missing out on an opportunity.

"The Name Game" is a song co-written and performed by Shirley Ellis (over 60 years ago--yikes!) as a rhyming game that creates variations on a person's name.

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can’t seem to shut it down no strength to stay away when I try hard to back down fear of missing out holds sway FOMO, FOMO, FOMO keeps driving me insane try to minimize its hold by playing silly name games— FOMO FOMO bo-bomo Bonana-fanna fo-omo Fe fi mo-momo FOMO started as a simple quirk too far gone to troubleshoot I can’t concentrate on work stalled life needs a hard reboot FOMO, FOMO, FOMO keeps driving me insane try to minimize its hold by playing silly name games— FOMO FOMO bo-bomo Bonana-fanna fo-omo Fe fi mo-momo FOMO got a deadline from my boss told to get it done by noon but he'll have to take a loss FOMO rules and I'm a loon! FOMO, FOMO, FOMO keeps driving me insane try to minimize its hold by playing silly name games— FOMO FOMO bo-bomo Bonana-fanna fo-omo Fe fi mo-momo FOMO need to muster up willpower— first I better check the app it will only take a min… hour? after that I’ll need a nap Fear of missing out (I better check the app again …) Fear of missing out (I better check the app again …) Fear of missing out (I better check the app again …) Fear of missing out (I better check the app again …)

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