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FOMO

🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Fear of missing out

"I have major FOMO about that trip"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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FOMO 🇿🇦 South Africa

Used widely by African youths to refer to anxiety about not being involved in something.

FOMO 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

FOMO (Fear of missing out)

"M tara FOMO sur fête (I have FOMO about party)"

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🌍 "FOMO" Across Africa

This word is also used in 10 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

FOMO 🇿🇦 South Africa

Fear of missing out
FOMO 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

FOMO (Fear of missing out)
FOMO 🇪🇬 Egypt

فومو - Fear of missing out
FOMO 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Kwesaba kushiywa (Fear of missing out)
FOMO 🇬🇭 Ghana

Fear of missing out (Social anxiety)
FOMO 🇰🇪 Kenya

Fear of Missing Out
FOMO 🇱🇾 Libya

فومو (Fear of missing out)
FOMO 🇳🇦 Namibia

Fear of missing out (Social anxiety)
FOMO

Fear of missing out
FOMO 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Gutinya gusiga ibirori (Fear of missing out)

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