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Acronym. Pronounced "pause-wah". Means: Piece Of Shit, Walk Away. You "call POSWA" on something when you're finally giving up on it because it's just not worth solving/fixing/dealing-with. Sometimes it's used as the whole phrase instead of the acronym. Source: Comedian Bill "the Man" Hicks.
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