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Definition of "pommy" []

  • Australian & New Zealand Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a British person, especially a recent immigrant. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "pommy" in a sentence
  • "The station's owner, The Radio Network, argued the word "pommy" is commonly used to describe the English."
  • "Does this last bit make any sense to you cheeky pommy chappys?"
  • "I see you haven't joined the campaign to rid ourselves of that pommy plagiarising balls-up of a Welsh song on the verge of surrendering to the b. poms."
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