Have you ever referred somone as a pom?

[Miles000]

Yes. I have a British mate we all call Pom.

Also... Bloody Pommies!
We also call them shark bait ^^

 

[Goldeneye1989]

I don't know where the word "Yank" comes from though. Maybe someone knows?

It's short for "Yankee", which is an old word. I don't know it's origins, but it was used to refer to Americans at least as early as the Revolution.

Update: Wikipedia says that no one knows the word's origin. Best guess is something to do with the mixing of Dutch and English settlers in the early years of what would become New England. *shrug*

Actually, "Yank" is another case of Aussie rhyming slang. Yank comes from rhyming with Septic Tank. The alternative being "Seppo". Don't ask me why Septic Tank has been associated with Americans though.

Yeah mate you got it the other way around, Seppo was from Septic tank, which was from Yank.

And it's because Americans talk so much shit they are like septic tanks.

 

[Random Fella]

I am English originally, pom can be used as offensive but it isn't always
My friends all call me pom and that's fine.

Yes. I have a British mate we all call Pom.

Also... Bloody Poms!
We also call them shark bait ^^

This is the example of how it is offensive, when a dirty Australian uses it

 

[Flames66]

Pom as in Pomeranian? Never even heard of this before. <.<

Definitely means "pomegranate."

Otherwise, I have no idea what a "pom" is supposed to be either. >_>

Apparently

Definition for pom:
Web definitions:
pommy: a disparaging term for a British person.

I think I have heard it before somewhere.

Yeah, we call my mum a pom sometimes cause shes english.

I wasnt aware it was offensive to anyone...

Neither was I. I am English and have not heard it used as an insult.

 

[SirDeadly]

Every fourth year I believe it is The Ashes are held in Australia and we are invaded by Poms! I use the term quite frequently around that time.

 

[AmrasCalmacil]

P.O.M.

Person Of Malaysia

That's what you meant, right?

[sub][sub]Moo! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9iIgQN5uZE&feature=related][/sub][/sub]

It obviously means President Of Madagascar.

 

[Vicarious Reality]

Pompadour?

I seriously read it as 'Have you ever referred somone as a porn?'

And lmaowwthym

 

[Onimasha]

*A random person appears*

I've always thought pom was an acronym hey. Like you know, Prisoner Of your Majesty, hence it's association with Englishmen.

 

[Ilikemilkshake]

I had never heard of a Pom until just now.
The only nickname for English people i had heard of was Limey... I dont really know what that means either but i've never been called a Pom or a Limey.. I dont think I would be insulted either seeing as they're pretty stupid names.

 

[samfergo]

I regularly call people Pom's. But its okay that's how Australian Society works, we take the piss out of everyone.

 

[Techno Squidgy]

*A random person appears*

I've always thought pom was an acronym hey. Like you know, Prisoner Of your Majesty, hence it's association with Englishmen.

Surely if that was the case it'd be the Aussies we referred to as Poms then? Seeing as we loaded all our prisoners onto boats and dumped them over there... where they then devolved into the accursed laid back scallywags of modern Australia.

OT: Being a pom, no, I have never referred to anyone as a pom. I'd like to go to Oz actually, seems like a nice place, despite all the killer insects, and 6ft rodents...

 

[infohippie]

But now I see it... Princess Trollestia comes around and makes a topic about some Australian insult without explaining it to anyone. Hmmmmm XD

Didn't you see her outfit? Clearly, that's Molestia, not Trollestia.

OT: Yeah, I call people Poms all the time, done it all my life. My sister's married into a Pommie family so I get plenty of opportunity to use it. It's almost a term of endearment rather than an insult.

 

[Onimasha]

Surely if that was the case it'd be the Aussies we referred to as Poms then? Seeing as we loaded all our prisoners onto boats and dumped them over there... where they then devolved into the accursed laid back scallywags of modern Australia.

OT: Being a pom, no, I have never referred to anyone as a pom. I'd like to go to Oz actually, seems like a nice place, despite all the killer insects, and 6ft rodents...

I dunno, it was just something I was told back when I was no taller then a groin biter. It made sense back then, in the whole "England is still under the crown while America and Australia got their independence" way. I might live in Ostraleea but I'm still Asian by descent -.-"

 

[Thaluikhain]

I had never heard of a Pom until just now.
The only nickname for English people i had heard of was Limey... I dont really know what that means either but i've never been called a Pom or a Limey.. I dont think I would be insulted either seeing as they're pretty stupid names.

Apparently way back when, one of the English (or maybe later, British) used to add lime juice to their water, to disguise how horrible it was after being stuck in a barrel for 4 months at sea. This also later helped deal with scurvy, and caught on, IIRC.

Sorta the same way how cocktails were invented (again, IIRC), in the US during prohibition, to disguise the horrible taste of homemade liquor.

*A random person appears*

I've always thought pom was an acronym hey. Like you know, Prisoner Of your Majesty, hence it's association with Englishmen.

Surely if that was the case it'd be the Aussies we referred to as Poms then? Seeing as we loaded all our prisoners onto boats and dumped them over there... where they then devolved into the accursed laid back scallywags of modern Australia.

Or, before that, what is now the US...colonisation of Australia happened shortly after the British lost a bunch of real estate in the Americas, which isn't a coincidence.

 

[Techno Squidgy]

*A random person appears*

I've always thought pom was an acronym hey. Like you know, Prisoner Of your Majesty, hence it's association with Englishmen.

Surely if that was the case it'd be the Aussies we referred to as Poms then? Seeing as we loaded all our prisoners onto boats and dumped them over there... where they then devolved into the accursed laid back scallywags of modern Australia.

Or, before that, what is now the US...colonisation of Australia happened shortly after the British lost a bunch of real estate in the Americas, which isn't a coincidence.

I don't mean to sound extraordinarily thick but I don't quite understand what you just said, or it's relevance.

 

[Broady Brio]

Pom?
Pomegranate?
Pom-Bear?

Gah! What is this word?!

 

[Spacewolf]

I had never heard of a Pom until just now.
The only nickname for English people i had heard of was Limey... I dont really know what that means either but i've never been called a Pom or a Limey.. I dont think I would be insulted either seeing as they're pretty stupid names.

Apparently way back when, one of the English (or maybe later, British) used to add lime juice to their water, to disguise how horrible it was after being stuck in a barrel for 4 months at sea. This also later helped deal with scurvy, and caught on, IIRC.

Sorta the same way how cocktails were invented (again, IIRC), in the US during prohibition, to disguise the horrible taste of homemade liquor.

*A random person appears*

I've always thought pom was an acronym hey. Like you know, Prisoner Of your Majesty, hence it's association with Englishmen.

Surely if that was the case it'd be the Aussies we referred to as Poms then? Seeing as we loaded all our prisoners onto boats and dumped them over there... where they then devolved into the accursed laid back scallywags of modern Australia.

Or, before that, what is now the US...colonisation of Australia happened shortly after the British lost a bunch of real estate in the Americas, which isn't a coincidence.

Actually it was because they realised the reason for scuvy was lack of fruits so they started using lemons but they where grown by the french colonies so they switched to the british colony grown limes even though they where less effective

 

[GrandmaFunk]

I love poms, they manage my dependencies, like a boss.

 

[BlazeRaider]

I know that its rude, and I never called someone a pom, but have you my fellow Escapists? Are you one of those snotty rich folks that look down at others and call them poms?

You can insult me all you want as long as your using that smexy dominatrix Celestia avatar my princess.