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po-mo adjective/noun. Mildly pejorative contraction of postmodern.

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"But overall, these sisters are sick to death of the bad rap their brand of feminist politics is getting from their arch-enemies, the academic postmodernists—also known, none too affectionately, as 'po-mos'."
—Elayne Rapping, "Politics and polemics," The Woman's Review of Books

Subject Categories:
Language - Insults
Sociology - General

Posted on October 27, 1997 at 12:52 PM
Updated on October 27, 1997 at 12:52 PM


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