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# pom

«pom» in Mova's school dictionary: **an English person or a British person; it is a joking…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a pom, poms; Pom, Pommy); short forms: pom-pom, Pomeranian

### meaning for a pupil

1) (Australia, New Zealand, slang) A Pom or Pommy is an English person or a British person; it is a joking word but can sound rude. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pom/#m1)

2) A pom is short for a pom-pom (pompom), a fluffy ball of wool or a cheerleader's bunch of ribbons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pom/#m2)

3) A pom is short for a Pomeranian, a small fluffy dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pom/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In Australian and New Zealand talk «Pom» is common in sport banter: «the Poms» are the English cricket or rugby team. It can be friendly teasing or unkind, so be careful. In craft lessons you make poms (pom-poms) from wool and card. In cheerleading, cheerleaders wave poms. Phrases: «whingeing Pom» (a joking insult), «the Poms», «wool pom».

### examples

- The Aussies beat the Poms at cricket. (Australia, slang) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pom/#x1)
- «G'day, mate, you a Pom?» asked the man at the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pom/#x2)
- My beanie hat has a red pom on top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pom/#x3)
- We made woolly poms in art class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pom/#x4)
- The cheerleaders shook their poms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pom/#x5)
- Our neighbour's pom barks at everything. (short for Pomeranian) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pom/#x6)

### note

Plural «poms». For the nationality it is often written with a capital: Pom, Pommy. It is slang and may offend some English people; do not use it in formal writing. Myth: the story that it stands for «Prisoner of Mother England» is not true; most experts think it came from «pomegranate», rhyming with «immigrant».

### In the corpora

- [In Perth, Maddie gets called «Pom», Australian for an English person.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/465-the-new-kid-and-the-first-day/18/)
- ["Pom" is Australian slang, often teasing, for a British person; accent teasing is often curiosity done badly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/22-lonely-and-different-accents-big-brothers-and-being-too-much/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pom» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pom/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.