pommy. / (ˈpɒmɪ) / noun plural -mies. (sometimes capital) slang a mildly offensive word used by Australians and New Zealanders for an English personSometimes shortened to: pom.
POMS is an acronym standing for prisoners of mother England … it's what Australians sometimes call the British.
pommy in British English
or pommie (ˈpɒmɪ ) nounWord forms: plural -mies. (sometimes capital) slang, mainly derogatory. a mildly offensive word used by Australians and New Zealanders for an English person.
In reference to the British, first attested in Australia in 1912 as rhyming slang for immigrant with additional reference to the likelihood of sunburn turning their skin pomegranate red.
Australians have been using the word freely since its probable emergence in the late 19th century as a nickname for English immigrants, a short form of pomegranate, referring to their ruddy complexions.
dinger (Australian slang) franger (Australian slang)
The terms pommy, pommie, and pom used in Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand usually denote a British person.
The Winjin' Pom (the name is a pun on the "whinging pom", an Aussie expression used to refer to a person of British origin who constantly complains about things he has to face) caravan is famous not only for talking but also for flying, something which occurs several episodes in after a hijack by The Crows.
' As a nation the Australians rarely use polysyllables when one will do and so pom became the pejorative name for a newly-arrived British immigrant. The Anzac Book of 1916 supported this theory, attributing 'Pom' as an abbreviation of pomegranate.
The shoe known in Australia as a “thong” is one of the oldest styles of footwear in the world. Worn with small variations across Egypt, Rome, Greece, sub-Saharan Africa, India, China, Korea, Japan and some Latin American cultures, the shoe was designed to protect the sole while keeping the top of the foot cool.
The nickname 'Pom', which is used mostly by Australians, New Zealanders and South Africans to describe folks of British origin, generally doesn't sit too well with most British people, although it's not totally clear why.
The term Pom first popped up in around 1913, at which point, according to a Sydney Sun clipping, it eclipsed 'new chum' as the popular way to refer to Brits down under. So there you have it.
The Profile of Mood States (POMS) is a psychological rating scale used to assess transient, distinct mood states.
pom. A British person, especially one from England. (Originally applied to an immigrant from the British Isles.) The word pom has its origin in wordplay. An early, derisory term for an immigrant in Australia was the rhyming slang jimmygrant (sometimes written as Jimmy Grant), recorded in 1844.
Before discussing their language, it's important to know what people from Australia and New Zealand call themselves and their countries. People from Australia call their homeland “Oz;” a phonetic abbreviation of the country's name, which also harkens to the magical land from L.
Australia, once known as New South Wales, was originally planned as a penal colony. In October 1786, the British government appointed Arthur Phillip captain of the HMS Sirius, and commissioned him to establish an agricultural work camp there for British convicts.
The first recorded use of pom comes from 1912, which is quite - but not unnaturally - early for an acronym. There is no historical documentation to support these myths (rather like the disproved theory that posh derives from tickets for the upmarket cabins on the old P&O liners - port out, starboard home).
pompom girl in American English
noun. a female cheerleader, as for a football team, whose routines often include the waving of large flowerlike clusters or streamers resembling pompoms.
Etymology. Possibly from the river Dart in Devonshire which enters the sea at Dartmouth, location of a Royal Navy College. Royal Navy officers who were returning to England at the end of a foreign tour of duty referred to going back to the "Old Dart" for further training.
pommy (plural pommies) (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, often derogatory) A pom; a person of British descent, a Briton; an Englishman. quotations ▼
Why Do Aussies Use So Many Abbreviations? Nenagh Kemp, a psychologist at the University of Tasmania, told Australian Geographic her theories behind why Australians use these shortened words so often. Her theory is that Australians use them as a way of coming across as more friendly and less pretentious.
bloke – man or guy
A stereotype of a typical Australian man: loves beer, sport and barbies. It's similar to “chap”or “fella”.
Aussie Slang Words For Women:
Sheila. Chick. Woman. Lady. Bird.
It is short for lollipop. Now that all seems fairly straight-forward, until we learn that lolly is actually the Australian word for sweets – i.e. British lollies but without the sticks. In other words, the correct translation for “Süßigkeiten” in Australia is “lollies”.
Sanger is an alteration of the word sandwich. Sango appeared as a term for sandwich in the 1940s, but by the 1960s, sanger took over to describe this staple of Australian cuisine.