FOBO
English
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editFOBO (uncountable)
- (slang) Initialism of fear of a better option.
- Coordinate term: FOMO
- 2018 November 13, Kate Julian, “Why Are Young People Having So Little Sex?”, in The Atlantic[2]:
- […] others referred to option paralysis (a term popularized by Black Mirror); still others invoked FOBO (“fear of a better option”).
- (rare) Initialism of fear of bad outcomes.