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pomo

A person who is self-consciously postmodern in his attitude and appearence.
The pomos regarded the event with ironic distance.
by Twitchy McSpasm August 22, 2003
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POMO

the Price Of Missing Out. you'll pay it if you sleep too much, leave the party early, don't expand the horizons of yr social sphere, et cetera, et cetera.
"That shitfucker left the dancefloor just as shit got wild! Oh well, somebody's gotta pay the POMO."

"You may mock my FOMO, but I simply cannot afford the POMO. That is just too expensive for a young boy such as myself."
by goldfuckr June 18, 2014
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[Pomo]

Early usage of the term pomo dates from 1991 when Pomo Afro Homo, an African American gay theatrical collective, premiered "Fierce Love" at Josie's in San Francisco's Castro district. "Pomo" is short for post-modern, plus "Afro" plus "Homo" was about as avant guard as you could get in those dark days. "Fierce Love" was a seminal play during the height of the AIDS epidemic and it dramatised a number of issues about masculinity and sexuality that were very difficult in the community at the time. Important derivation.
I came out in the Pomo Afro Homo days in the Castro.
by Ali Bendo May 5, 2008
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pomo

an aesthetic style characterized by overt (and usually obnoxiously cartoonish) semantic references, deriving from the postmodernist period of architecture and design (the 80's).
Venturi's newest house is far too pomo for my taste
by ryan March 23, 2004
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PoMo

Shut up Anthony, you PoMo!
by ICalvilloI June 7, 2011
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pomo

The journal took a pomo turn round about 1990, but it seems to have recovered since.
by Andy May 7, 2004
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PoMo

Noun : A homosexual male who wants to live the fabulous go-go life of apple-tinis and disco balls but doesn't have the job or means to support it.
Hey Brad, next time you get dumpster diving for a boyfriend don't be bringing back no PoMo. That last one you found at Wal-Mart was a mess.
by edpa123 January 19, 2010
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