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Pommy

//ˈpɒmi// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    English; British. Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa, derogatory, not-comparable

    "A gleam of humour, a moment of beautiful pommy arrogance."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of pommee (“having round shapes on the extremities”). alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
  3. 3
    Semé of (strewn with) pommes (roundels vert). modern, not-comparable, rare

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:pommy."

Noun
  1. 1
    A pom; a person of British descent, a Briton; an Englishman. Australia, New-Zealand, South-Africa, derogatory, often

    "Though Sir Oswald had taken on enough London veneer to be sneered at as a pommy in certain Australian circles, he had never acquired the high-class Englishman′s apparent equanimity or indifference before the prospect of cuckolding."

  2. 2
    Synonym of Pomeranian (“a breed of small, fluffy, energetic toy dogs”).
  3. 3
    a disparaging term for a British person wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

From pomme + -y.

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