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What is your least favourite acronym? (lemmy.nz)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] sylver_dragon 32 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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] 22 points 11 months ago

How is it dumb as a concept? Is it not a way to describe human nature?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

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

[–] beirdobaggins 2 points 11 months ago

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