Finally: millennial slang. A nice little acronym to go with our fast paced lifestyles. Why the need to say all four words when you only need four letters to symbolize it? Well, somebody thought of that, and created fomo.  I’ve only heard it used a few times recently, though I know its existed for awhile, and it seemed very relevant to our millennial theme. Symposium weekend, no classes on Friday…but oh so many activities! We want to relish the joys of spring, but we also need to get our mountains of work done. And therein lies the fomo. Especially as Midd kids, we hate missing out on something fun, something interesting etc. Do you go to the nailbiting lacrosse game, or the exciting lecture about Howl? Because unfortunately, we haven’t been able to time travel yet and our active lifestyles just won’t sit idly by. On another millennial note, I think facebook or twitter adds to the fomo phenomenon, especially where smartphones are concerned. We’re always socially connected, checking status updates, mini feeds, new albums etc. because we’re afraid were going to miss out on something. Is that a bad thing? I don’t think so, but I think we’ve redefined what it means to be connected, and since everyone is seemingly “always connected”, the fear of missing out has elevated. You don’t want to be the odd man/woman out.