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What is no pomo?Abbreviation for postmodernism. Usually hostile. The journal took a pomo turn round about 1990, but it seems to have recovered since. no pomo - videoNo pomo - what is it?A term short for Porch Monkey Shut up Anthony, you PoMo! What does "no pomo" mean?an aesthetic style characterized by overt (and usually obnoxiously cartoonish) semantic references, deriving from the postmodernist period of architecture and design (the 80's). Venturi's newest house is far too pomo for my taste No pomo - what does it mean?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. No pomo - meaningthe Price Of Missing Out. you'll pay it if you sleep too much, leave the party early, don't expand the horizons of yr social sphere, et cetera, et cetera. "That shitfucker left the dancefloor just as shit got wild! Oh well, somebody's gotta pay the POMO." No pomo - definitionA person who is self-consciously postmodern in his attitude and appearence. The pomos regarded the event with ironic distance. No pomo - slangPhysically Out, Mentally Out. "I'm finally POMO ! No pomoShort for post-modern That shirt is so pomo! No pomoShort for Permanent Open Market Operations. It is no secret that the Federal Reserve, and its now semi-daily interventions in market liquidity via POMO, is rather hell bent on creating the illusion that the economy is alive and well courtesy of a ramping stock market. No pomoA 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. "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." |
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