pommy

pom·my or pom·mie  (pm)

n. pl. pom·mies Australian & New Zealand Offensive Slang

Used as a disparaging term for a British person, especially a recent immigrant.

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[Shortening and alteration of pomegranate, Pummy Grant, alterations of Jimmy Grant, probably rhyming alteration of immigrant.]

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pommy [ˈpɒmɪ]

n pl -mies

(sometimes capital) Slang a mildly offensive word used by Australians and New Zealanders for an English person Sometimes shortened to pom

[of uncertain origin. Among a number of explanations are: (1) based on a blend of immigrant and pomegranate (alluding to the red cheeks of English immigrants); (2) from the abbreviation POME, Prisoner of Mother England (referring to convicts)]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pommy - a disparaging term for a British person pom Australia, Commonwealth of Australia - a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony New Zealand - an independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery English person - a native or inhabitant of England

Translations

pommy [ˈpɒmɪ] (Australia) (pej)

A. ADJ → inglés

B. N → inglés/esa m/f

pommy

n (Austral inf) → Engländer(in) m(f), → Tommy m (dated inf); pommy bastard → Scheißengländer m (inf)