Used to describe an Englishman, primarily by Australians and New Zealanders. It is nearly always meant very negatively. The term "pommy bastards" was used in WW2, when New Zealand troops were continually let down by the English tank regiments who were meant to support them. This usage is not so common now in New Zealand, but is still perpetuated by Australians.

Either comes from 'prisoner of mother England' or pomigranite - a reddish coloured fruit that native Australians (Aboriginals) thought had a similar colour to the skin of sunburnt Brits.
Not meant to be an insult (as some English think for some reason), merely a nickname for our less-tanned former rulers. Nicknaming everything is very Australian.

A British person - or close equivalent to the species. Specialise in inventing sports and timing themselves on how long it takes before all of their former colonies can defeat them at it. Spelt P-O-M: the "Prisoner of Her Majesty" explanation is an urban legend, as is "Prisoner of Mother England", the other version of this common myth.

The best guess at this time is that "pommy" was based on the word "pomegranate" -- either because the redness of the fruit supposedly matched the typically florid British complexion, or because (like "Johnny Grant" - Jimmy Grant, surely?) it was used as rhyming slang for "immigrant."

-- snopes.com

Australian insult for an Englishman.
Came from the beginning of the country, when the Englishmen got very badly sunburnt whilst sunbathing, turning their skin a similar colour of a Pomegranite, an exotic red fruit.

A nickname for Someone who is English, coming from "prisoner of her majesty"

short for "Pommy Bastard"

A word that looks like "porn" when read fast. The subject of many top-rated comments on youtube.