Pom vs Nom - What's the difference?
pom | nom |
(coctkail) An American alcoholic drink containing vodka and pomegranate juice.
(Australia, New Zealand, sometimes pejorative) An Englishman, a Briton; a person of British descent.
* 1987 , Linda Christmas, The Ribbon and the Ragged Square: An Australian Journey ,
* 1989 , Tony Wheeler, Australia: A Travel Survival Kit , Lonely Planet,
* 2008 , Lawrence Booth, Cricket, Lovely Cricket? ,
Nomination.
* 2000 May 30, "Webmaster -- Kevin Stroud" (username), "
* 2001 July 17, "William Tunstall-Pedoe" (username), "
* 2010 February 13, "Juan F. Lara" (username), "
Nominator.
Nominee.
to nominate
* 1998 , "blaque" (username), "
* 2001 , "William Tunstall-Pedoe" (username), "
* 2007 , Variety staff, "
(label) to eat
As nouns the difference between pom and nom
is that pom is an American alcoholic drink containing vodka and pomegranate juice while nom is nomination.As an initialism POM
is initialism of lang=en.As a verb nom is
to nominate.As an interjection nom is
Used to denote eating, or enjoyment of eating. Commonly used as "om nom nom".pom
English
Noun
(en noun)page 27,
- I could see more than mere humour in car stickers that read ‘Grow your own Dope: Plant a Pom'’ ... ‘Keep Australia Beautiful: Shoot a ' Pom ’.
page 10,
- The prize for being Australia?s original pom goes to the enterprising pirate William Dampier, who made the first investigations ashore about 40 years after Tasman and nearly 100 years before Cook.
page 214,
- At one stage a group called British People Against Racial Discrimination complained to the Advertising Standards Board in Australia about an advert for Tooheys beer that claimed it was ‘cold enough to scare a Pom ’.
Usage notes
The use of this word to refer to a British person is considered by some to be pejorative. The word is, however, used by many Australians and some British people as a neutral or even affirmative term. It can however still be offensive.Synonyms
* (British person) Brit, limeyDerived terms
* pommy * ten pound pom * whinging pomSee also
* kiwi * pompom * Yank *References
Anagrams
* * * English informal demonyms ----nom
English
Etymology 1
Shortened from (nomination), (nominee), and so on.Noun
(en noun)Re: RBL nomination for 195.235.113.140 (mail.teleline.es) -- 5th supporting email, in news.admin.net-abuse.email, Usenet :
problems/suggestions for this group", in alt.anagrams, Usenet :
2/5-7 Weekend BoxOffice", in rec.arts.animation and rec.arts.disney.animation, Usenet :
Verb
A Teeny Favor (Was: Re: NOMINATION: Ms A.T. Rookie (fwd)", in alt.tasteless, Usenet :
problems/suggestions for this group", in alt.anagrams, Usenet :
Composer Prince dies" (obituary):