YOLO is the worry-free rallying cry of youth shaking off the hairshirt of the pressures of the current times. Ah, the sweet blossom of youth Walking around the house in underwear because yolo. Just ate a half of a pizza FOMO, aka, Fear Of Missing Out is the anxiety created by the constant influx of information on social media informing you that your friends are doing something way more fun than you are. While it might seem that FOMO is the product of having too many choices, it's not the options, it's the pressure to choose the right one.
What a year-old sees is the dire consequences of those choices. As you leave the nest and your options in life slim down in an existential way, the consequences of what party or concert you attend become magnified, and the wrong decision causes panic. You can't have proper FOMO as a teen because your life is ruled by restrictions on social interaction not yet having a driver's license, curfew, homework. If you are over 25, YOLO likely means nothing to you.
How quickly? Consider the lists of slang compiled every semester by students of Connie Eble, a professor of English at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. What accounts for the meteoric rise of YOLO, and how has it gone virtually unnoticed by nonmillennials? Friend 1: "I just drove two hours all the way home after messing up the suspension on my car from driving over some train tracks".
They're so impressed by Friend's number one daring behavior that was probably very unsafe. Example 3. Facebook status update: "Didn't check FB for a whole day. This last example shows how YOLO might be used in a sarcastic sense.
Not checking Facebook isn't typically considered a thrilling, risky or potentially life-threatening activity, but this Facebook poster uses it to make it seem like it is. Although the full phrase, you only live once has been used casually for years, the acronym exploded to become a huge trend in pop culture largely thanks to Canadian music artist Drake, who featured the acronym in his hip-hop single, The Motto. Sometimes all it takes is a simple post from an influential figure or celebrity to set off a new trend, which was clearly the case with YOLO.
A significant increase in Twitter activity with tweets including YOLO as a keyword or hashtag had taken place on October 24th—just a mere day after it was tweeted by Drake. Today, there isn't a social network in existence that probably hasn't had the YOLO acronym shared on its platform. Social media users on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, and other social networks now commonly use the YOLO hashtag to post about their once-in-a-lifetime ideas.
Some people are serious about it and others use it as a joke. The humor and tendency to exaggerate the acronym has helped contribute to the trend's spread across the social web. Here are a few places you can look to see publicly posted YOLO content:. Several web enthusiasts have taken to using meme generator tools to create and share images that promote the popular YOLO trend.
YOLO went viral because social media users knew how to take its use to new and ridiculous heights. November 08, To top. Sign up for free and get access to exclusive content:. Free word lists and quizzes from Cambridge. Tools to create your own word lists and quizzes. Word lists shared by our community of dictionary fans.
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