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The land whence poms (Brits, usually the English) hail; the United Kingdom, or England.
Usually used in the context of Aussies (or occasionally Kiwis or Saffas) expressing national pride, such as in sporting events between Australia and the UK/England, the term is also used when good-naturedly ribbing English people in these peoples' countries.
Usually used in the context of Aussies (or occasionally Kiwis or Saffas) expressing national pride, such as in sporting events between Australia and the UK/England, the term is also used when good-naturedly ribbing English people in these peoples' countries.
Pom: <Optimistically> "You know, England might just win the Ashes this year..."
Aussie: "Hahaha, yeah, good one mate, we're sending your boys packing back to Pommyland just like we always do"
Pom: *Sniff*
Pom: "I mean it, why aren't there more clouds in your sky! It's unnatural and my pasty skin can't handle your fucking sun!"
Aussie: "Or perhaps you should just fuck off back to cold old Pommyland you whinging pommy bastard"
<Pair share jovial grin and heartily clink pint glasses>
Aussie: "Hahaha, yeah, good one mate, we're sending your boys packing back to Pommyland just like we always do"
Pom: *Sniff*
Pom: "I mean it, why aren't there more clouds in your sky! It's unnatural and my pasty skin can't handle your fucking sun!"
Aussie: "Or perhaps you should just fuck off back to cold old Pommyland you whinging pommy bastard"
<Pair share jovial grin and heartily clink pint glasses>
by Charlemagne1993 October 2, 2016
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Acronym referring to the culturally and institutionally similar countries of Australia, Britain, Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand. (In other words, all of the Western Anglophone countries that aren't the United States.)
These countries have many cultural, linguistic, and institutional similarities, including populaces that are largely English-speaking (which moreover use 'British' rather than American varieties of the language), common law legal systems, Westminster systems of government, and significant numbers of people with heritage from the British-Irish isles. The countries also for the most part are members of the Commonwealth and share a common monarch as their head of state (all except Ireland), overlap considerably in the sports they play, are relatively multi-ethnic compared to other non-English speaking Western countries, maintain warm diplomatic relations with each other, and, at the governmental level, generally favour social and economic policies that are relatively liberal.
Although these countries share a number of qualities and characteristics with that other Western Anglophone country, the United States, the degree to which the US is distinct or an outlier along certain salient metrics means that in general, when making comparisons between Western Anglophone countries or Western countries, it's often helpful or practical to group the ABCIN countries together relative to the US or groups of other Western countries.
Acronym referring to the culturally and institutionally similar countries of Australia, Britain, Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand. (In other words, all of the Western Anglophone countries that aren't the United States.)
These countries have many cultural, linguistic, and institutional similarities, including populaces that are largely English-speaking (which moreover use 'British' rather than American varieties of the language), common law legal systems, Westminster systems of government, and significant numbers of people with heritage from the British-Irish isles. The countries also for the most part are members of the Commonwealth and share a common monarch as their head of state (all except Ireland), overlap considerably in the sports they play, are relatively multi-ethnic compared to other non-English speaking Western countries, maintain warm diplomatic relations with each other, and, at the governmental level, generally favour social and economic policies that are relatively liberal.
Although these countries share a number of qualities and characteristics with that other Western Anglophone country, the United States, the degree to which the US is distinct or an outlier along certain salient metrics means that in general, when making comparisons between Western Anglophone countries or Western countries, it's often helpful or practical to group the ABCIN countries together relative to the US or groups of other Western countries.
1.
A: Tell me, how can I refer to all the Western Anglophone countries that aren't the US in a way that is concise and which can't potentially cause offense? Lumping them together as 'British' countries seems lazy and likely to annoy people from some of these places, yet referring to these nations as 'the core Commonwealth countries and Ireland' or 'majority white Anglophone countries that aren't the US' gets annoying quickly. If I'm to satisfyingly write up my piece about differences between the US and these other countries then I need a nice easy term that I can refer to this bloc of countries with
B: Oh, that's easy mate. ABCIN has you covered. Your article wants to compare and contrast US culture with ABCIN culture
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Biggest adjustment I had to make moving to the US after spending so much time in ABCIN countries? Changing the way I interact with people. Americans are more literal-minded than a lot of ABCINners, and don't care as much for (or indeed always understand) banter, irony, or self-deprecation. Not for the worst, living in this country I've had to become complimentary to my friends, less obviously cynical, more emotionally open, and on the whole basically more upbeat and positive
3.
American: Oh, my apologies. Guess I'm not familiar with your British sense of humour
Australian: Well, actually, I'm Australian mate and, not to put too fine a point on it, someone of Irish extraction. It's my ABCIN humour that you're not familiar with. But yeah nah, all good
A: Tell me, how can I refer to all the Western Anglophone countries that aren't the US in a way that is concise and which can't potentially cause offense? Lumping them together as 'British' countries seems lazy and likely to annoy people from some of these places, yet referring to these nations as 'the core Commonwealth countries and Ireland' or 'majority white Anglophone countries that aren't the US' gets annoying quickly. If I'm to satisfyingly write up my piece about differences between the US and these other countries then I need a nice easy term that I can refer to this bloc of countries with
B: Oh, that's easy mate. ABCIN has you covered. Your article wants to compare and contrast US culture with ABCIN culture
2.
Biggest adjustment I had to make moving to the US after spending so much time in ABCIN countries? Changing the way I interact with people. Americans are more literal-minded than a lot of ABCINners, and don't care as much for (or indeed always understand) banter, irony, or self-deprecation. Not for the worst, living in this country I've had to become complimentary to my friends, less obviously cynical, more emotionally open, and on the whole basically more upbeat and positive
3.
American: Oh, my apologies. Guess I'm not familiar with your British sense of humour
Australian: Well, actually, I'm Australian mate and, not to put too fine a point on it, someone of Irish extraction. It's my ABCIN humour that you're not familiar with. But yeah nah, all good
by Charlemagne1993 December 19, 2019
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The eating of unusual foods, or substances commonly regarded as inedible or innutritious.
{ "Allotrio-" (Gk. "allotrio(s)" Belonging to another) + "-phagy" (L. "-phagus" < Gk. "-phagos" To eat) }
The eating of unusual foods, or substances commonly regarded as inedible or innutritious.
{ "Allotrio-" (Gk. "allotrio(s)" Belonging to another) + "-phagy" (L. "-phagus" < Gk. "-phagos" To eat) }
RIP Michel Lotito- Forever to be remembered as "that French guy who ate metal things", and "that bloke who popularised allotriophagy".
Emerson had an inexplicable allotriophagous craving for rotten insect larvae.
Emerson had an inexplicable allotriophagous craving for rotten insect larvae.
by Charlemagne1993 July 19, 2016
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The eating of sub-standard food or filth.
Actually a remarkably useful word for surreptitiously insulting someone’s cooking while having that person naively assume you're complimenting it.
{ "Rypo-" (Gk. "rypos" Filth) + "-phagy" (L. "-phagus" < Gk. "-phagos" To eat) }
The eating of sub-standard food or filth.
Actually a remarkably useful word for surreptitiously insulting someone’s cooking while having that person naively assume you're complimenting it.
{ "Rypo-" (Gk. "rypos" Filth) + "-phagy" (L. "-phagus" < Gk. "-phagos" To eat) }
"Thankyou for such a large, and may I say, rypophagous meal."
Having been lost in the outback for several days, Kev was beginning to consider rypophagy as a means of sating his gnawing hunger.
Having been lost in the outback for several days, Kev was beginning to consider rypophagy as a means of sating his gnawing hunger.
by Charlemagne1993 July 19, 2016
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Excluding his cherished refrigerator box, and some sheets of old newspaper, the few other things Michael seems to count as his 'possessions' are all thoroughly faeciform in appearance for a very simple and sobering reason
Tom did not in general cut an altogether pleasant figure, whether in terms of appearance or personality. Charitable individuals upon being confronted with the individual were apt to liken his features to a faeciform sack of potatoes
Excluding his cherished refrigerator box, and some sheets of old newspaper, the few other things Michael seems to count as his 'possessions' are all thoroughly faeciform in appearance for a very simple and sobering reason
Tom did not in general cut an altogether pleasant figure, whether in terms of appearance or personality. Charitable individuals upon being confronted with the individual were apt to liken his features to a faeciform sack of potatoes
by Charlemagne1993 July 16, 2020
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A chap or chappess whose clothes are tattered and torn.
- Adjective
Tattered or dilapidated in appearance.
A chap or chappess whose clothes are tattered and torn.
- Adjective
Tattered or dilapidated in appearance.
Although hailing from a relatively affluent middle-class family that could, and would, constantly provide him new clothes to wear, Emerson was well-known within the progressive circles in which he moved for his tendency to dress like- and indeed in all other respects appear to be- a genuine beggar. Thus he earned for himself amongst his friends and their wider circles the affectionate sobriquet 'the bourgeois tatterdemalion'
Michael's tatterdemalion appearance did little to endear him to the people he was (for reasons relating to dole payments) obliged to approach to ask for a job from
Michael's tatterdemalion appearance did little to endear him to the people he was (for reasons relating to dole payments) obliged to approach to ask for a job from
by Charlemagne1993 June 18, 2017
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A view or contemplation of death, particularly in the form of artistic expression of some kind.
A view or contemplation of death, particularly in the form of artistic expression of some kind.
For better or for worse, much of Morrissey's works should be viewed as exercises in thanatopsis
Following the death of one of his two cats, and the subsequent abandonment of him by the only other companion (feline or otherwise) he would ever have in his life, Michael entered a deepened state of thanatopsis from which he never truly emerged
Following the death of one of his two cats, and the subsequent abandonment of him by the only other companion (feline or otherwise) he would ever have in his life, Michael entered a deepened state of thanatopsis from which he never truly emerged
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