pom

Значение (Английский)

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.

Синонимы

pommy

limey

Переводы

inglese

pom

Произносится как (IPA)

/pɒm/

Этимология (Английский)

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.