Pom vs Pod - What's the difference?
pom | pod |
(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? ,
(botany) a seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers)
a small vehicle, especially used in emergency situations
(obsolete, UK, dialect) A bag; a pouch.
To bear or produce pods
To remove peas from their case.
To swell or fill.
As an initialism pom
is (chemistry).As a preposition pod is
(with accusative) under (destination to which something is moved).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 ’.
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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
Anagrams
* * * English informal demonyms ----pod
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) *.Noun
(en noun)- (Tusser)