pom

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

pommy

limey

Translations

inglese

pom

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɒm/

Etymology

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.