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JOMO
[ joh-moh ]
noun
- a feeling of contentment with one’s own pursuits and activities, without worrying over the possibility of missing out on what others may be doing:
You can’t feel the good vibes of JOMO until you stop obsessing over everyone else’s Facebook postings.
Word History and Origins
Origin of JOMO1
Example Sentences
Olsen: was it like for you moving from writing the script to actually sort of prepping to shoot and working with Jomo, your cinematographer?
But how do you have, as Jomo would say, as little amount of artifice as possible?
And so sentient perspective is something that Jomo Fray, the wonderful DP on the film, and I came up with just as a way to not let the language somehow undermine the way in which we wanted to approach it.
I think the breakthroughs that come when working with someone like Jomo is figuring out how that feels, because there’s a difference between knowing where the camera should go and where to look and how it should feel when the camera’s moving, or how the camera should deal with depth of field in relationship to the range of equipment that we can have and how to produce a scene.
You need someone like Jomo and Nora Mendis, who’s the production designer, to build the space so that it feels as real and as palpable and as visceral as our real lives.
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else does jomo mean?
JOMO is an acronym for joy of missing out and describes the pleasure of taking a break from social activity–especially social media–to enjoy personal time.
Where does jomo come from?
JOMO is the answer to the acronym, FOMO, popularized in 2004. FOMO stands for fear of missing out, and it describes the anxiety a person feels when they believe something exciting is happening and they are not part of it. FOMO is most often used in reference to fun or notable activities people see posted on social media.
FOMO‘s opposite, JOMO, was coined by Anil Dash, a blogger and CEO of software company, Glitch. Dash explained his FOMO inversion in a 2012 blog post called “JOMO!” He describes the joyous feeling of deciding to skip an event in order to enjoy a quiet night or to spend time with family. He came to the JOMO revelation after a hiatus from—you guessed it—social media.
How is jomo used in real life?
Into the 2010s, FOMO and JOMO have been contrasted in self-help articles and discussions of over-reliance on and addiction to social media.
JOMO's the way forward😊 important to be content to stay in & embrace some me-time,focussing on things you know bring you piece,& joy. Doesn't' matter whether it's watching a film,meditating, baking a cake,whatever allows you to disconnect & nurture yourself.
— BEHIND THE WOMAN MIDLIFE HEALTH & WELLBEING (@behindthewoman1)
Ironically enough, JOMO is often presented on social media as an antidote to FOMO, especially by those who are experiencing social media burnout.
I need to replace my FOMO with some JOMO
— Stephen Chanasyk (@deepthinking)
More examples of jomo:
“Like it or not, we need our technology devices; we just don’t need them as much as we think we do. JOMO is about finding that balance.”
—Hayley Phelan, The New York Times, July 2018
Note
This content is not meant to be a formal definition of this term. Rather, it is an informal summary that seeks to provide supplemental information and context important to know or keep in mind about the term’s history, meaning, and usage.
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