On Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:20:06 -0700, Dan Abel wrote:

> In article >,
> sf > wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 5 Sep 2010 18:21:55 +1000, "Oatis Willy PIO"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> So, 'Poms' are stupid Peter?
>> ^^^^^
>>
>> Sorry, Charlie - you missed the boat. It's no insult if you use a
>> word we're not familiar with.
>
> GIYF
>
> And some people even have dictionaries! It's in my US dictionary:
>
> noun ( pl. -mies) Austral./NZ, informal offensive
> a British person.
>
> First I looked up "Pom". It's short for "Pommy". So I double-clicked
> on it and got the above definition.

i thought 'pommy' was always heard as part of the phrase 'pommy *******.'

your pal,
blake