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/pɒm/ · noun
(Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, mildly derogatory slang) An Englishman; a Briton; a person of British descent..
I could see more than mere humour in car stickers that read ‘Grow your own Dope: Plant a Pom’ ... ‘Keep Australia Beautiful: Shoot a Pom’.
The prize for being Australia′s original pom goes to the enterprising pirate William Dampier, who made the first investigations ashore about 40 years after Tasman and nearly 100 years before Cook.
At one stage a group called British People Against Racial Discrimination complained to the Advertising Standards Board in Australia about an advert for Tooheys beer that claimed it was ‘cold enough to scare a Pom’.
Use pom when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pom means (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, mildly derogatory slang) An Englishman; a Briton; a person of British descent..
Common synonyms include Briton and Englishman, pommy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I could see more than mere humour in car stickers that read ‘Grow your own Dope: Plant a Pom’ ... ‘Keep Australia Beautiful: Shoot a Pom’.
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