Abbreviation:
Pulling Numbers Out Of My Ass
(see also: pudouma)
To support one's arguments with arbitrary numbers that may or may not seem plausible.
Professionals (i.e. people who get paid for making PNOOMA-statements) prefer to use terms akin to "Qualified Estimate" or "Economic Calculus/Forecast" instead.
Pulling Numbers Out Of My Ass
(see also: pudouma)
To support one's arguments with arbitrary numbers that may or may not seem plausible.
Professionals (i.e. people who get paid for making PNOOMA-statements) prefer to use terms akin to "Qualified Estimate" or "Economic Calculus/Forecast" instead.
"This is completely PNOOMA, but about five million people in China miss both their front teeth."
A:"<statement involving statistics>"
B:"I don't believe this. It seems like PNOOMA to me."
A:"<statement involving statistics>"
B:"I don't believe this. It seems like PNOOMA to me."
by evilcandybag May 04, 2009