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Jomo

🇿🇦 South Africa Slang
Added Aug 02, 2025 · 5 definitions
TOP DEFINITION

Jomo definition 1

FOMO's opposite—joy of missing out.

"Stayed home and had jomo."
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 02, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Jomo definition 2

Joy of missing out

"Staying in tonight, JOMO"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 02, 2025
DEFINITION 3

Jomo definition 3

جومو - Joy of missing out

"عندي جومو (I have JOMO) - 3andy JOMO"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 09, 2025
DEFINITION 4

Jomo definition 4

جومو (Joy of missing out)

"Enjoying JOMO (انجوينق جومو) (Enjoying JOMO)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025
DEFINITION 5

Jomo definition 5

Faliana ho diso / Joy of missing out

"Je préfère le JOMO (I prefer JOMO)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

Word Details

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🇿🇦 South Africa
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

JOMO 🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Joy of missing out

"Staying in tonight, JOMO"
JOMO 🇪🇬 Egypt

جومو - Joy of missing out

"عندي جومو (I have JOMO) - 3andy JOMO"

🇿🇦 About South Africa Slang

South African slang, from Cape Town to Johannesburg, mixes Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Sotho, and English into uniquely expressive township and street language.

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🌍 "Jomo" Across Africa

This word is also used in 5 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

JOMO 🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Joy of missing out
JOMO 🇪🇬 Egypt

جومو - Joy of missing out
JOMO 🇱🇾 Libya

جومو (Joy of missing out)
JOMO

Joy of missing out
JOMO 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Joy Of Missing Out (Joy of missing)

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