Pommy

(päm′ē)

noun pl. Pommies

a British person

Origin: < ?

adjective

British

See Pommy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

or pom·mie

noun pl. pom·mies
Australian & New Zealand Offensive Slang

Used as a disparaging term for a British person, especially a recent immigrant.

Origin:

Origin: Shortening and alteration of pomegranate, Pummy Grant

Origin: , alterations of Jimmy Grant

Origin: , probably rhyming alteration of immigrant

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