FOGO：害怕外出的“社交恐惧症”

 　　厌倦了没完没了的社交应酬、厌烦了接二连三地在路上疲于奔命，不想再和一堆不认识的人浪费时间，进行毫无意义的无聊谈话，一提到聚会party就头大？你可能患上了“社交恐惧症”。

　　FOGO refers to the dread¹ of going out, particularly if one is tired from previous socializing; the desire to not attend a popular event that is over-hyped or over-commercialized.

　　“社交恐惧症”指害怕外出，尤其如果某人因此前的社交活动而对外出感到厌倦；不想参加被过分炒作或过于商业化的热门活动。

　　这个词实际是短语 fear of going out（害怕外出）首字母缩写组成的新词。类似相关的词还有 fear of missing² out（害怕错过）的首字母缩略词“社交控” FOMO，和 joy of missing out（错失的乐趣）的缩略词 JOMO，即不再害怕错过别人做的事情或说的话而体会到的愉悦。

　　For Example：

　　I believe that I have developed the opposite of FOMO, in fact: I have a case of FOGO, or Fear of Going Out. Okay, well not literally³ a fear of going out. I still love a party. Always have and always will. But I have an active non-desire to attend the mass-Instagrammed events.

　　我认为我发明了“社交控”的反义词，事实上：我有“社交恐惧症”。呃，这并非字面上所表达的“惧怕外出”，我还是很喜欢聚会的，总是去参加而且以后也会经常参与。不过，我对那种大型图片分享式活动真的没啥兴趣。

　　又如：

　　Forget FOMO （Fear of Missing Out） — now we're more likely to have FOGO （Fear of Going Out）, thanks to things like rush hour traffic, stressful work weeks and fast food delivery⁴ services. But is staying in too much actually bad for us？

　　忘了“社交控”（害怕错过）吧，由于高峰时段堵车，“压力山大”的工作周和快餐送货服务这些事，如今我们更可能患上“社交恐惧症”。不过在家“宅”太久，实际上对我们来说不好吧？

1 dread   

vt.担忧，忧虑；惧怕，不敢；n.担忧，畏惧

参考例句：

• We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes.我们都不敢去想一旦公司关门我们该怎么办。
• Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread.她极度恐惧的心理消除了。

2 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。

3 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

4 delivery   

n.交付；投递；分娩；解救者；演讲的风格

参考例句：

• The strike caused a great delay in the delivery of the mail.这次罢工严重地延误了邮件的投递。
• He was employed at the local grocery store as a delivery boy.他受雇于当地杂货店当送货员。