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."

by evilcandybag May 4, 2009

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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.

by poomah expert February 5, 2010

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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.

by Nick Milner November 19, 2007

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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.

by Angel Crespo November 17, 2004

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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"

by Rohny May 19, 2008

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