Mine is OOO for Out Of Office. I always misread it in my head like a ghost and it takes me a few seconds to process. It also doesn’t translate to speech—you have to say the whole thing.

Interested to see if others have similar acronyms they beef with.

  • sylver_dragon
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    321 year ago

    I’ll pile on an list FOMO (Fear of Missing Out). It’s dumb as both a concept and acronym. Though sadly, it’s also quite a successful marketing tactic.

    • @[email protected]
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      1 year ago

      What’s the marketing meaning? I only know about the psychological effect of feeling anxious when disconnected or not taking part to an event.

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        121 year ago

        Triggering that anxiety to sell you stuff. Seasonal or promotional things and big sales are usually aimed at taking advantage of fomo.

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        71 year ago

        Using that feeling to get people to spend money on stuff they don’t need (clothes, micro transactions, unnecessarily replacing electronics, etc.)

    • @beirdobaggins
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      21 year ago

      I have JOMO. Joy of missing out. You all go ahead, I’m gonna stay home.