pommie

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pommie

/pɒmi/

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From pom + -ie (“diminutive suffix”). Australian from 1912.

noun pommies · pommy

Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, colloquial, pejorative, sometimes An English immigrant; a pom. “It′ll be a long time before I do that,” the pilot said grimly. “She′s my Queen as well as yours, you know. I′m not a bloody Pommie.”[…]“Too right, it′s difficult,” the Australian said. And then he added, “All Pommies aren′t bloody. I used that as a kind of figure of speech.”

adjective pommy

Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, derogatory, not comparable, sometimes English; British. See citations at pommy.

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@misc{pommie_2026,
  title = {pommie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pommie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}