pom

(Angielski)

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.

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/pɒm/

Etymologia (Angielski)

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.

Synonimy

pommy

limey

Tłumaczenia

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