"FOBO" meaning in English

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          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "[…] others referred to option paralysis (a term popularized by Black Mirror); still others invoked FOBO (“fear of a better option”).",
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          "ref": "2021, Sandeep Sahni, Sanjit Singh Paul, What My MBA Did Not Teach Me About Money, Notion Press, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Try choosing a large cap mutual fund and you will experience a FOBO.",
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          "text": "Coordinate term: FOMO"
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