- Pom pommy, pommie
- an Englishman • See the complaint about "Pom" etc.
Australian slang. 2013.
Pom pommy, pommie
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Pommy (Pommie) — n, adj Australian (a person who is) British. The standard, and usually derogatory, slang term for natives of or immigrants from the British Isles, Pommy is probably a corruption of pomegranate , chanted as a humorous semi rhyme for immigrant .… … Contemporary slang
pommy — pom|my pommie [ˈpɔmi US ˈpa: ] n plural pommies a ↑pom … Dictionary of contemporary English
Pom — [päm] n. short for POMMY, POMMIE … English World dictionary
pommy — /pom ee/, n., pl. pommies. (often cap.) Usually Disparaging. (in Australia and New Zealand) a British person, esp. one who is a recent immigrant. Also, pommie, pom. [1910 15; orig. obscure; corroborating evidence for any of the numerous fanciful… … Universalium
pom — [pɔm US pa:m] n also pommy or pommie not polite an offensive word for someone from Britain, used in Australia and New Zealand … Dictionary of contemporary English
pommy or pommie — pom|my or pom|mie [ pami ] noun count AUSTRALIAN INFORMAL a slightly insulting word for someone from the U.K., especially someone from England … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Pom — I. /pɒm/ (say pom) noun Colloquial (sometimes derogatory, racist) (also lower case) a person who is resident in or has migrated from the British Isles, especially England: *They would do well to remember that this Pom is nothing, if not a great… …
Pommie — n, adj Australian (a person who is) British. The standard, and usually derogatory, slang term for natives of or immigrants from the British Isles, Pommy is probably a corruption of pomegranate , chanted as a humorous semi rhyme for immigrant .… … Contemporary slang
List of ethnic slurs — The following is a list of ethnic slurs (ethnophaulisms) that are, or have been, used as insinuations or allegations about members of a given ethnicity or to refer to them in a derogatory (critical or disrespectful), pejorative (disapproving or… … Wikipedia
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