- pommy or pommie
- pom|my or pom|mie [ `pami ] noun count AUSTRALIAN INFORMALa slightly insulting word for someone from the U.K., especially someone from England
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
pommy or pommie
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Pommy — (also Pommie) ► NOUN (pl. Pommies) Austral./NZ informal, derogatory ▪ a British person. ORIGIN said by some to be short for pomegranate, as a near rhyme to immigrant … English terms dictionary
Pommy — or Pommie [päm′ē] [Austral. & N.Z. Slang] Austral. N.Z. Slang n. pl. Pommies [< ?] [also p ] a British person adj. [also p ] British: Sometimes a derogatory usage … English World dictionary
pommie — see pommy I * * * pommie variant UK US Main entry: pommy … Useful english dictionary
pommie — pommy UK [ˈpɒmɪ] / US [ˈpɑmɪ] or pommie UK / US noun [countable] Word forms pommy : singular pommy plural pommies Australian informal a slightly insulting word for someone from the UK, especially someone from England … English dictionary
pommy — UK [ˈpɒmɪ] / US [ˈpɑmɪ] or pommie UK / US noun [countable] Word forms pommy : singular pommy plural pommies Australian informal a slightly insulting word for someone from the UK, especially someone from England … English dictionary
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 — [[t]pɒ̱mi[/t]] pommies also pommie N COUNT (disapproval) A pommy is an English person. This use could cause offence. [mainly AUSTRALIAN, INFORMAL] … English dictionary
Pommy — /ˈpɒmi/ (say pomee) (also lower case) Colloquial (sometimes derogatory, racist) –adjective 1. British, especially English: *What cheer? Oh that s Pommy talk – English for How s it cobbers? –xavier herbert, 1938. –noun (plural Pommies) 2. → Pom1.… …
Pommy — or Pommie noun (plural Pommies) Etymology: by shortening & alteration from pomegranate, alteration of Jimmy Grant, rhyming slang for immigrant Date: 1912 Australian & New Zealand usually disparaging Briton; especially an English immigrant … New Collegiate Dictionary
Pommie — noun see Pommy … New Collegiate Dictionary
