Pom

Etymology
A contraction of pomegranate, rhyming slang for immigrant (“imme-granate”). The older term of Jimmy Grant, meaning immigrant, became Pommy Grant as the Australian sun turned the immigrant’s skin pomegranate red.

Many folk etymologies also exist:
 * A devolution of “Prisoner of His/Her Majesty” or “POHM”
 * An acronym for “Prisoner of Mother England”

Noun

 * 1) An American alcoholic drink containing vodka and pomegranate juice.
 * 2)  An Englishman, A Briton, A person of British descent.

Synonyms

 * Brit
 * limey
 * pommy

Derived terms

 * whinging pom
 * pommy bastard

Anagrams

 * mop
 * OPM
 * PMO

Noun

 * 1) apple

Etymology
From pomus. See pomum:.

Noun

 * 1) (fruit) tree

Related terms

 * poamă