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RSS FeedsSingaporeīs `kiasu` culture makes FOMO look like childīs play
(LA Times Books)

 
 

18 january 2019 13:03:00

 
Singaporeīs `kiasu` culture makes FOMO look like childīs play
(LA Times Books)
 


Long before Americans discovered FOMO - the fear of missing out -Singaporeans were fixated with its more excessive forebear, kiasu. Taken from the Chinese dialect Hokkien, kiasu translates to a fear of losing out, but encompasses any sort of competitive, stingy or selfish behavior commonly witnessed...


 
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