pom

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Sinônimos

pommy

limey

Traduções

inglese

pom

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/pɒm/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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.