pommy

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
16
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈpɒmi/

Definition of pommy

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa, derogatory, often)A pom; a person of British descent, a Briton; an Englishman.
    “Though Sir Oswald had taken on enough London veneer to be sneered at as a pommy in certain Australian circles, he had never acquired the high-class Englishman′s apparent equanimity or indifference before the prospect of cuckolding.”
    “Rhona nodded her agreement. ‘That′s a very interesting answer from a new Aussie – and a Pommy into the bargain,’ she added.”
    “During one of these acts of bravery by the English pilots I saw a great big tough Aussie with tears of frustration streaming down his face. He was shouting, ‘You magnificent, stupid Pommy bastard!’”
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noun

  1. (Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa, derogatory, often)A pom; a person of British descent, a Briton; an Englishman.
    “Though Sir Oswald had taken on enough London veneer to be sneered at as a pommy in certain Australian circles, he had never acquired the high-class Englishman′s apparent equanimity or indifference before the prospect of cuckolding.”
    “Rhona nodded her agreement. ‘That′s a very interesting answer from a new Aussie – and a Pommy into the bargain,’ she added.”
    “During one of these acts of bravery by the English pilots I saw a great big tough Aussie with tears of frustration streaming down his face. He was shouting, ‘You magnificent, stupid Pommy bastard!’”
  2. Synonym of Pomeranian (“a breed of small, fluffy, energetic toy dogs”).

adj

  1. (Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa, derogatory, not-comparable)English; British.
    “A gleam of humour, a moment of beautiful pommy arrogance.”
    “That is, of course, until Australian movie stars like Cate Blanchett and Nicole Kidman proved that they could sell tickets in the West End so long as they could play at being what Rees calls a ‘movie siren’ with a convincing ‘fake pommy accent’.”
    “athol wrote:[…]> IIRC, "hood lining" is the more pommy terminology. :-)”
  2. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable)Alternative form of pommee (“having round shapes on the extremities”).
  3. (modern, not-comparable, rare)Semé of (strewn with) pommes (roundels vert).
    “For quotations using this term, see Citations:pommy.”

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Etymology

From pom + -y (“diminutive suffix”). Australian from 1912.

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