pommy
English person, informally
Pommy is Australian and New Zealand slang for a British person, especially an English one.
The term is mildly disparaging but often used affectionately: The pommies can't handle our summers.
A pommy accent or pommy whinging suggests stereotypical British traits.
Also spelled pommie, with the shortened form pom equally common: a ten-pound pom.
Substitution using sound-alike phrases
- pomegranateMany-seeded red fruit
- AussieInformal term for Australian
- whingingPetulant, prolonged complaining
- banterPlayful, teasing exchange
United Kingdom citizen
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
- EnglandLargest British country
- United KingdomAtlantic archipelago nation
- LondonEngland's capital city
Commonwealth · English · colonial · Anglophile · tea · cricket · Union Jack · BBC
One who resettles abroad
- foreignerNon-native person
- newcomerRecent arrival somewhere
- expatCitizen living abroad
- settlerOne who colonizes territory
nonnative · stranger · visitor · incomer · transplant · backpacker · sojourner · emigrant
Offensive remark or action
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- whingerHabitual complainer
complainer · contempt · disdain · disparaging · belittling · scorn · animosity · resentment
rhyming slang
Substitution using sound-alike phrases
- pomegranateMany-seeded red fruit
- AussieInformal term for Australian
- whingingPetulant, prolonged complaining
Briton
United Kingdom citizen
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
- EnglandLargest British country
- United KingdomAtlantic archipelago nation
London · Commonwealth · English · colonial · Anglophile · tea · cricket · Union Jack · BBC · Westminster
immigrant
One who resettles abroad
settler · nonnative · stranger · visitor · incomer · transplant · backpacker · sojourner · emigrant
insult
Offensive remark or action
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- derisionContemptuous mockery
whinger · complainer · contempt · disdain · disparaging · belittling · scorn · animosity · resentment · sunburnt
pommyAussie
Informal term for Australian
Australian · true blue · dinky-di · colonial · native-born
pommylocal
Of this area
native · old-timer · born and bred · acclimated · sunburnt