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PIMO

PIMO adjective: identifying publicly or outwardly with an organization (religious group, etc.) while privately or inwardly disassociating from it. Also the abbreviation of physically in.

Adjective

PIMO (not comparable)

  1. (Jehovah's-Witnesses, Mormonism, colloquial) Identifying publicly or outwardly with an organization (religious group, etc.) while privately or inwardly disassociating from it.
    • I have been in your shoes and am just now returning after a decade of being "PIMO," or "physically in, mentally out." My husband has been the one who has been strong in his testimony, but mine has been non-existant^([sic]) for quite a while.2023 October 29, u/beluga-farts, “How to deal with the "bubble bursting"”, in Reddit, r/lds

Noun

PIMO (countable and uncountable, plural PIMOs)

  1. (countable) A person who is PIMO.
    • Antagonists and PIMOs think they are sneaky and can mask faithfulness in order to gain the chance to damage the faith of others.2024 January 12, u/KURPULIS, “"The Lord has said that all things are to be 'done in cleanliness' before Him”, in Reddit, r/lds
  2. (uncountable) The status of being PIMO.

Also used as

PIMO is also the abbreviation of physically in.

Forms of PIMO

pluralPIMOs

Questions about PIMO

What does PIMO mean?
PIMO means identifying publicly or outwardly with an organization (religious group, etc.) while privately or inwardly disassociating from it.
What part of speech is PIMO?
PIMO can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near PIMO in the dictionary

  1. Pimm's Cup
  2. Pimm's Cups
  3. Pimmlet
  4. Pimmlets
  5. Pimms
  6. PIMO
  7. pimobendan
  8. pimobendane
  9. pimodivir
  10. pimoid
  11. pimoids

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