Contemporary slang . 2014.
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 — (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
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
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
