What does the word POM really mean in Australian parlance & why is defeating the POM's in sports so critical to them? Do those two factors, against a Northern Hemisphere team, separate
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POHM - "Prisoners Of Her/His Majesty. Acronym alleged by some to be the original meaning of the Australian term `Pom` or `Pommie` for English folk; (many early English settlers in Australia were
Why do Australians call the British “poms” or “pommies”, when the Anglo-Celtic Australians were the convicts? - Quora
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