FOBO

Fobo -fobo English Noun - en slang en fear of a better option. en FOMO en Patrick J. McGinnis The 10% Entrepreneur 2016 Penguin https://books.google.com/books?id=DDA1CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT108&dq=%22FOBO%22&hl=&cd=17&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22FOBO%22&f=false 978-0-698-40277-5 The whole thing actually started with FOBO, or Fear of a Better Option. It was the term I came up with to explain the fact that everyone I knew at school was always looking for something better. en https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/the-sex-recession/573949/ Why Are Young People Having So Little Sex? 2018-11-13 Kate Julian The Atlantic This idea came up many times in my conversations with people who described sex and dating lives that had gone into a deep freeze. Some used the term paradox of choice; others referred to option paralysis (a term popularized by Black Mirror); still others invoked FOBO (“fear of a better option”). https://web.archive.org/web/20260910140311/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/the-sex-recession/573949/ 10 September 2026 en Sandeep Sahni; Sanjit Singh Paul What My MBA Did Not Teach Me About Money 2021 Notion Press https://books.google.com/books?id=a30wEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT198&dq=%22FOBO%22&hl=&cd=23&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22FOBO%22&f=false 978-1-63781-651-6 Try choosing a large cap mutual fund and you will experience a FOBO. en rare en fear of bad outcomes. en Poppy Jamie Happy Not Perfect 2021 Harmony/Rodale https://books.google.com/books?id=Rb3pDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT302&dq=%22FOBO%22&hl=&cd=20&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22FOBO%22&f=false 978-0-593-23169-2 I have since adopted this strategy for myself to defuse FOBO. “Wouldn't it be nice if my presentation today went well!”