Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Used as a disparaging term for a British person, especially a recent immigrant.
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- noun Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, derogatory A
pom ; a person ofBritish descent, aBriton ; anEnglishman . - adjective Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, sometimes pejorative
English ;British .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The station's owner, The Radio Network, argued the word "pommy" is commonly used to describe the English.
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The station's owner, The Radio Network, argued the word "pommy" is commonly used to describe the English.
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I see you haven't joined the campaign to rid ourselves of that pommy plagiarising balls-up of a Welsh song on the verge of surrendering to the b. poms.
The Only True God: Halfway to Paperback James F. McGrath 2010
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Does this last bit make any sense to you cheeky pommy chappys?
Village of Mystery Peter Ashley 2008
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CHAZ..a pommy one would be pasty white tea drinking, lets not get too grubby associating with colonial riff raff
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I did a most interesting day trip there in the company of my pommy cousin George & his wife.
A Visit to the Western Front Cromwell MkI 2008
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I did a most interesting day trip there in the company of my pommy cousin George & his wife.
Archive 2008-07-01 Nick 2008
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Next you'll come over all pommy and start moaning about the infernal heat.
Ms R has lost her bikini Ms Robinson 2007
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MEPH. _ (looking towards bookshelf) _: Hullo, you've got a decent lot of books, pommy word you have.
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But, pommy word! look here, child, we must ask him here to stay a few days.
Garthowen A Story of a Welsh Homestead Allen Raine 1885
knitandpurl commented on the word pommy
"He was a waistcoat and watch chain type and he spoke like the pommy officers Lester remembered from his days in the Light Horse."
Cloudstreet by Tim Winton, p 65 of the Graywolf Press hardcover edition
March 30, 2010