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by Epicureanhoe April 17, 2020
The first written reference to the English being referred to as Pommies (Poms) is contained in letters written from the front lines and trenches of France in 1916.
A traditional French insult for the English is “**pomme de terre avec le visage d'un cochon d’inde**”
“Potato with the face of a Guinea pig”
Shortened to simply “Pomme de Terre”
“Potato” because the French considered the English, dirty, boring and common.
The Australian Soldiers who shared the French Soldiers dislike for the English Officers, but could not speak French, adopted the first word from those derogatory phrases “Pomme” or “Pommes”
Mispronounced, initially, as Pommy or Pommies (possibly due to the spelling Pomme being read as Pommie).
Then shortened to Pom.
Pom does not mean Prisoner of Mother England.
It does not mean Pomegranate.
It has nothing to do with Pom-poms.
It means Potato.
Substantiated by letters from 1916.
And the fact the French, themselves, have long referred to the English as “Potato”.
If you call someone a Pom, you are calling him a “potato”.
A traditional French insult for the English is “**pomme de terre avec le visage d'un cochon d’inde**”
“Potato with the face of a Guinea pig”
Shortened to simply “Pomme de Terre”
“Potato” because the French considered the English, dirty, boring and common.
The Australian Soldiers who shared the French Soldiers dislike for the English Officers, but could not speak French, adopted the first word from those derogatory phrases “Pomme” or “Pommes”
Mispronounced, initially, as Pommy or Pommies (possibly due to the spelling Pomme being read as Pommie).
Then shortened to Pom.
Pom does not mean Prisoner of Mother England.
It does not mean Pomegranate.
It has nothing to do with Pom-poms.
It means Potato.
Substantiated by letters from 1916.
And the fact the French, themselves, have long referred to the English as “Potato”.
If you call someone a Pom, you are calling him a “potato”.
by AussieMatt June 22, 2019
by A follower October 19, 2003
Pom- a word developed by the more streetwise of the young teenage girls living in a society running riot with dodgy men. The term 'pom' refers letter by letter to the phrase 'Pervy Old Man'. It can be used in cases where one spots a creepy man who is looking at you in a suggestive and noticeably inappropriate way. It implies one to be in acute sexual danger if deserted by friends and left in the hands of one of these dangerous beings. POMs are usually middle aged to old aged, they hold eye contact with girls for much longer than necessary and sometimes even apply the sinister raised eyebrow approach on seeing a 'good catch.'
Ags: "OMG that creepy guy just looked at my chest for way too long."
Iram: "Yeah, what a frickin' POM."
Iram: "Yeah, what a frickin' POM."
by pominator101 August 03, 2011
Homestar Runner's best friend; a giant orange ball that wears skin-tight yellow clothes. When he talks, he sounds like someone blowing a staw into a glass of milk.
by Anthony Volpe April 17, 2003
Dutch slang for cash. Derived from the Dutch word 'pomp' (which means 'pump') which is sometimes used as a metaphor for cash flow.
The word pom is commonly used by bums and trailer trash in the southern part of the Netherlands.
The word pom is commonly used by bums and trailer trash in the southern part of the Netherlands.
by SpaceKing January 07, 2014