PIMO
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]PIMO (not comparable)
- (colloquial) Abbreviation of physically in, mentally out
- (Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism) Identifying publicly or outwardly with an organization (religious group, etc.) while privately or inwardly disassociating from it.
- 2023 October 29, u/beluga-farts, “How to deal with the "bubble bursting"”, in Reddit[1], r/lds:
- 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.
- (Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism) Identifying publicly or outwardly with an organization (religious group, etc.) while privately or inwardly disassociating from it.
Noun
[edit]PIMO (countable and uncountable, plural PIMOs)
- (countable) A person who is PIMO.
- 2024 January 12, u/KURPULIS, “"The Lord has said that all things are to be 'done in cleanliness' before Him”, in Reddit[2], r/lds:
- Antagonists and PIMOs think they are sneaky and can mask faithfulness in order to gain the chance to damage the faith of others.
- (uncountable) The status of being PIMO. (Can we add an example for this sense?)