1 definition by Grant Cribb
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
-- snopes.com
by Grant Cribb December 29, 2004