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