(Adjective): To take charge or to be proactive. To take
full responsibility or charge or a problem or by causing something to happen rather than responding to it after it has happened. Named after New
York's Governor Andrew Cuomo, after his
2020 response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The firemen went
full cuomo in their attempt to save the occupants of the burning building. They
straight up cuomo'd it.
The city is taking a cuomo approach to fighting
crime by hiring more police officers.