POMO

Commonly used acronym for "Pulled Outta My Ass" to represent a wild guess or estimation.

This is a POMO estimate for the product ship date.

by anonymous August 11, 2023

[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

pomo fomo

fear of missing out on postmodernism

I put in a lot of Derrida and Barthes references in my 1990 thesis cause I had a serious case of pomo fomo.

by NeverGiveASuckerAnEvenBreak July 9, 2018

pomo hipster

One who has a hipster attitude, but is so far gone that s/he believes that even hipsters are too mainstream; a rejection altogether of hipster culture, sometimes in favor of fitting in with the mainstream (not ironically--that is too hipster) in order be indistinguishable from the pack and difficult to classify. Pomo hipsters (also known as posters or pomo-mini-hipsters, in reference to post-modern minimalistic hipsters) can be seen wearing clothing choices that are nondescript; Logo's are no-go's for a pomo hipster. Pomo hipsters are literally the post-contemporary hipster--they are so hipster that they cannot bare to be hipsteresque. Most of the time, a pomo-hipster can only be picked out from a crowd from her/his tastes--posters will throw out most mainstream music and indie music, and will claim an interest in art not for its brooding nature and social impact but "because it is just kind of fun." Mainly, pomo hipsters are pretentious, but ahead of the hipster curve.

Person 1: "Wow, he hates everything mainstream--he is such a hipster!"

Person 2: "No, he wouldn't be caught dead wearing a beanie or listening to Arcade Fire."
Person 1: "Good point. He is definitely a pomo hipster"

by Aspartame, 2nd Century Greece September 28, 2011

POMO (Position of Maximum Opportunity)

The ideal location or spot to be in for success.

At a bar, I want to sit at a table that is a POMO (Positionof Maximum Opportunity) for checking out the hotties.

In sports, I was in a POMO (Position of Maximum Opportunity) to receive the pass that led to my score.

by Hang Loose Bro March 27, 2010

no pomo

A phrase which can be used at the end of any political statement which seems to borrow from postmodernism, but is still coherent and anchored at least partly in reality. Postmodernists often sound theoretically vague or obfuscating, which is anathema to many on the political Left. Other leftists, however, embrace some selection of postmodernist theory, but may not want to be associated with all that is labeled postmodern. And so "no pomo" is used to allow for such statements by preempting dogmatic leftist tirades and flame wars.

"No pomo" is a reference to the phrase "no homo," used by masculine straight men to allow them to compliment their comrades by preempting the accusation of being "gay."

"While the class struggle is clearly a critical component to any meaningful revolutionary politic, one cannot ignore the intersections of race, class, gender, sexuality and ability, as well as the nuanced and problematic issues of essentialism and identity in general ... no pomo."

by m(A)tt January 7, 2010

So Pomo

A response to "No homo." It means "So Pomosexual."

James: "I like it so much that I'd hug you. No homo"
David: "No, it's so pomo. Now give me that juicy hug."

by charto August 13, 2011