pomo
adjective
pomo
1 American
[poh-moh]
/ ˈpoʊ moʊ /
adjective
noun
Pomo
2
American
[poh-moh]
/ ˈpoʊ moʊ /
noun
Pomos
plural
-
a member of an American Indian people of northern California.
-
any of several related languages of the Pomo Indians.
pomo
British
/ ˈpəʊməʊ /
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of pomo
First recorded in 1985–90; po(st)mo(dernism) ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Mr. Oluwalogbon told me, later, that this was pomo: cow skin.
From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2016
But though it may have been meta, and possibly pomo, “gimmicky” is way too dismissive.
From Slate • Sep. 14, 2012
On Twitter, James Wolcott—of whom I’m a fan—called it “all kinds of gimmicky & meta & pomo & stuff.”
From Slate • Sep. 14, 2012
PRO: More than a decade after the exhilarating Trainspotting burnished his art-house credentials, Boyle snatched eight Oscars for the pomo fairy tale Slumdog Millionaire.
From Time Magazine Archive
Examples.—Unu pomo plie aŭ malplie ne gravas = One apple more or less does not signify.
From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by Cox, George
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