"pom" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɒm/ [UK], /pɑm/ [US], /pɔm/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-au-pom.ogg Forms: poms [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒm Etymology: 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. Head templates: {{en-noun}} pom (plural poms)
  1. (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, mildly derogatory slang) An Englishman; a Briton; a person of British descent. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa, derogatory, mildly, slang Categories (topical): People Categories (place): Australia Synonyms (An Englishman or Briton): Briton and Englishman Synonyms (Briton or Englishman): Pom
    Sense id: en-pom-en-noun-MEK3QFEs Disambiguation of People: 79 21 Disambiguation of Australia: 93 7 Categories (other): Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English, English entries with incorrect language header, English informal demonyms, Australian nicknames for people Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English informal demonyms: 88 12 Disambiguation of Australian nicknames for people: 97 3 Disambiguation of 'An Englishman or Briton': 99 1 Disambiguation of 'Briton or Englishman': 99 1
  2. (cocktail) A cocktail containing pomegranate juice and vodka. Categories (topical): Cocktails
    Sense id: en-pom-en-noun-s-uRDdED Disambiguation of Cocktails: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pommy, ten pound pom Related terms: kiwi, pompom, Yank, pom-pom, pom-pom-pull-away, tiddly-om-pom-pom

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "msg": "pom/English/noun: invalid uppercase tag General-Australian not in or uppercase_tags: {\"categories\": [\"English clippings\", \"English countable nouns\", \"English entries with incorrect language header\", \"English informal demonyms\", \"English lemmas\", \"English nouns\", \"Pages with 14 entries\", \"Pages with entries\", \"Rhymes:English/ɒm\", \"Rhymes:English/ɒm/1 syllable\", \"en:Australia\", \"en:Australian nicknames for people\", \"en:Cocktails\", \"en:People\"], \"derived\": [{\"word\": \"pommy\"}, {\"word\": \"ten pound pom\"}], \"etymology_text\": \"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.\", \"forms\": [{\"form\": \"poms\", \"tags\": [\"plural\"]}], \"head_templates\": [{\"args\": {}, \"expansion\": \"pom (plural poms)\", \"name\": \"en-noun\"}], \"lang\": \"English\", \"lang_code\": \"en\", \"pos\": \"noun\", \"related\": [{\"word\": \"kiwi\"}, {\"word\": \"pompom\"}, {\"word\": \"Yank\"}, {\"word\": \"pom-pom\"}, {\"word\": \"pom-pom-pull-away\"}, {\"word\": \"tiddly-om-pom-pom\"}], \"senses\": [{\"categories\": [\"Australian English\", \"English derogatory terms\", \"English slang\", \"English terms with quotations\", \"New Zealand English\", \"South African English\"], \"examples\": [{\"ref\": \"1987, Linda Christmas, The Ribbon and the Ragged Square: An Australian Journey, page 27:\", \"text\": \"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’.\", \"type\": \"quote\"}, {\"ref\": \"1989, Tony Wheeler, Australia: A Travel Survival Kit, Lonely Planet, page 10:\", \"text\": \"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.\", \"type\": \"quote\"}, {\"ref\": \"2008, Lawrence Booth, Cricket, Lovely Cricket?, page 214:\", \"text\": \"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’.\", \"type\": \"quote\"}], \"glosses\": [\"An Englishman; a Briton; a person of British descent.\"], \"links\": [[\"derogatory\", \"derogatory\"], [\"Englishman\", \"Englishman\"], [\"Briton\", \"Briton\"], [\"person\", \"person\"], [\"British\", \"British\"], [\"descent\", \"descent\"]], \"raw_glosses\": [\"(Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, mildly derogatory slang) An Englishman; a Briton; a person of British descent.\"], \"tags\": [\"Australia\", \"New-Zealand\", \"South-Africa\", \"derogatory\", \"mildly\", \"slang\"]}, {\"glosses\": [\"A cocktail containing pomegranate juice and vodka.\"], \"links\": [[\"cocktail\", \"cocktail\"], [\"contain\", \"contain\"], [\"pomegranate\", \"pomegranate\"], [\"juice\", \"juice\"], [\"vodka\", \"vodka\"]], \"qualifier\": \"cocktail\", \"raw_glosses\": [\"(cocktail) A cocktail containing pomegranate juice and vodka.\"]}], \"sounds\": [{\"ipa\": \"/pɒm/\", \"tags\": [\"UK\"]}, {\"ipa\": \"/pɑm/\", \"tags\": [\"US\"]}, {\"ipa\": \"/pɔm/\", \"tags\": [\"General-Australian\"]}, {\"audio\": \"en-au-pom.ogg\", \"mp3_url\": \"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/33/En-au-pom.ogg/En-au-pom.ogg.mp3\", \"ogg_url\": \"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/En-au-pom.ogg\"}, {\"rhymes\": \"-ɒm\"}], \"synonyms\": [{\"sense\": \"An Englishman or Briton\", \"word\": \"Briton and Englishman\"}, {\"sense\": \"Briton or Englishman\", \"word\": \"Pom\"}], \"wikipedia\": [\"Alternative words for British\"], \"word\": \"pom\"}",
  "path": [],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "pom",
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