pom

Signification (Anglais)

1. (Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa, derogatory, mildly, slang) An Englishman; a Briton; a person of British descent.
2. A cocktail containing pomegranate juice and vodka.

Concepts

pom

Synonymes

pommy

limey

Traductions

inglese

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/pɒm/

Étymologie (Anglais)

A clipping of pomegranate. 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. As a cocktail, originally American.