PNOOMA 

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.

"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."

PNOOMA by evilcandybag May 4, 2009

Poomah 

To have diarrhea so bad it's like peeing out of your asshole. Can occur for many different reasons, such as:

body cleanse

drinking waaay too much
spicy food

Dude, I totally just POOMAH'd in the bathroom from all that Thai food.

Poomah by poomah expert February 5, 2010

POOMA 

Pulled Out Of My Ass. An acronym describing an especially crude estimate or statistical measure based on vague or insufficient supporting information.

Phase 2 is expected to require 150 man-days of effort, but since the customer has not yet defined the blending requirements this is just a POOMA estimate.

POOMA by Nick Milner November 19, 2007

pdooma 

Pull Directly Out Of My Ass. Justification for data without any other valid reference.

John: Angel, how do you know the emmisivity constant of that material?

Angel: Oh! it's a Pdooma.

pdooma by Angel Crespo November 17, 2004

PROOMA 

Said "p-room-ah" stands for Pulled Right Out Of My Ass.

This is a form of data used by business professionals, collage professors and high-school students alike.

Often referred to as though it is a data collection organization.

"Using the latest PROOMA data we believe that the Iraq war is going well"

PROOMA by Rohny May 19, 2008

PDOOMA 

Pulled Directly Out Of My Ass - The lowest order of estimatation. Below a WAG (Wild-Assed guess)and SWAG (Semi Wild Ass Guess)

Dont put much stock in my estimate. It was a real PDOOMA.

PDOOMA by Surly April 15, 2008

poomac

A filler word when desribing something. can be used as a noun or adj.

The poomac oysters are in abundance this year.

poomac by Stephanie Kundrotas March 26, 2005