What is Pnooma?
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Abbreviation:
Pulling Numbers Out Of My Ass
(see also:
To support one's arguments with arbitrary numbers that may or may not seem plausible.
Professionals (i.e. people who get paid for making PNOOMA-statements) prefer to use terms akin to "Qualified Estimate" or "Economic Calculus/Forecast" instead.
"This is completely PNOOMA, but about five million people in China miss both their front teeth."
A:"<statement involving statistics>"
B:"I don't believe this. It seems like PNOOMA to me."
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