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, 2003
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.
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.
by Da Beast March 25, 2003
by Rambie August 15, 2005
by SandaimeSpaceMan March 09, 2008
"Dude, these greasy french fries are just asking for me to pom!"
"Ugh, i don't want to hear about your pomming issues!"
"Ugh, i don't want to hear about your pomming issues!"
by harrypommer April 11, 2010
pom stands for Perverted Old Man. Usually a man over the age of 40 who likes to stare at girls under the age of 18.
Two 14 year old girls standing in their front yard. An older man jogs by and stares at one of the girls boobs. This would be a moment for the young girls to either shout or whisper pom.
by pld26 September 01, 2007