JOMO

Or jo·mo

[joh-moh]

noun

Slang.

1. 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

First recorded in 2000–05; j(oy) o(f) m(issing) o(ut)

Example Sentences

She points to past leaders such as the founding president Jomo Kenyatta and his successor Moi - who both faced an intense backlash and loss of public trust during critical moments - including after the assassination of key political leaders and the coup attempt against Moi in 1982.

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Its theatre run was shut down by the government of then President Jomo Kenyatta and Ngũgĩ was locked up in a maximum security jail for a year without trial.

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Olsen: What was it like for you moving from writing the script to actually sort of prepping to shoot and working with Jomo, your cinematographer?

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And so a lot of it was about touch with Jomo and the shot-listing and actually dealing with the spaces itself.

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Olsen: And then what was it like in explaining this to your actors, to Ethan Herisse and Brandon Wilson because, you can tell me I’m misunderstanding this, but there are scenes in which they’re in that scene, but they’re physically maybe not present on set in that moment, where Jomo was operating the camera, you sometimes are operating the camera.

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When To Use

What 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.