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(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? ,
Originally, the (DuPont) company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer whose molecules consist of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers bonded together; now generically used for this type of polymer.
(plurale tantum) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs.
As an initialism pom
is (chemistry).pom
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(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 ’.
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- 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.
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- 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
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* * * English informal demonyms ----nylon
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(wikipedia nylon)- They left the strip club when they discovered the ladies only stripped down to their nylons .