pomo

¹ American  

[poh-moh] / ˈpoʊ moʊ /

adjective

1. postmodern.

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noun

1. the postmodern movement; postmodernism.

Pomo ² American  

[poh-moh] / ˈpoʊ moʊ /

noun

plural

Pomos,

plural

Pomo

1. a member of an American Indian people of northern California.

2. any of several related languages of the Pomo Indians.

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pomo British  

/ ˈpəʊməʊ /

adjective

1. informal short for postmodern

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Etymology

Origin of pomo

First recorded in 1985–90; po(st)mo(dernism) ( def. )

Example Sentences

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

Est gula, que nostrum maculavit prima parentem Ex vetito pomo, quo dolet omnis homo Hec agit, ut corpus anime contraria spirat, Quo caro fit crassa, spiritus atque macer.

From Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins by Macaulay, G. C. (George Campbell)