Meanings
- abbreviationcolloquialnot comparableAbbreviation of physically in, mentally out.
- Jehovah's WitnessesMormonismcolloquialnot comparableIdentifying 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
plural PIMOs
- countableA 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 - uncountableThe status of being PIMO.
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PIMO. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PIMO
“PIMO.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PIMO. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “PIMO,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PIMO.
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