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Godless Pom in NZ
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RE: Godless Pom in NZ
May 15, 2016 at 9:00 pm
(May 15, 2016 at 8:57 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote:
(May 15, 2016 at 8:55 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Mildly opprobrious term for an English person residing in Australia, New Zealand and (less commonly) South Africa.  Etymology uncertain.

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I believe it originates from "Prisoner On (his) Majesty's Service, or at least so I've been told.

Possibly, but there's no indication that such terms or acronyms were in use. Another explanation (which I also doubt) is that the word is short for 'pomegranate', as the fair-skinned English were likelier to sunburn, and take on the colour of that fruit.

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Godless Pom in NZ - by dom.donald - May 15, 2016 at 8:32 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 15, 2016 at 8:33 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by Jackalope - May 15, 2016 at 8:35 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 15, 2016 at 8:36 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by Minimalist - May 15, 2016 at 8:41 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by brewer - May 15, 2016 at 8:42 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 15, 2016 at 8:55 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by The Valkyrie - May 15, 2016 at 8:57 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 15, 2016 at 9:00 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by brewer - May 15, 2016 at 9:03 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by The Valkyrie - May 15, 2016 at 8:48 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by c172 - May 15, 2016 at 8:56 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 15, 2016 at 8:57 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by rexbeccarox - May 15, 2016 at 9:21 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by J a c k - May 15, 2016 at 9:23 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by rexbeccarox - May 15, 2016 at 9:32 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by Alex K - May 16, 2016 at 1:40 am
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by dom.donald - May 16, 2016 at 4:50 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by Alex K - May 17, 2016 at 12:02 am
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by dom.donald - May 17, 2016 at 8:00 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by Thumpalumpacus - May 15, 2016 at 9:59 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by The Valkyrie - May 15, 2016 at 10:26 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by Thumpalumpacus - May 16, 2016 at 1:29 am
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by Edwardo Piet - May 15, 2016 at 10:12 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by Seraphina - May 15, 2016 at 10:21 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by dom.donald - May 15, 2016 at 11:22 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by The Valkyrie - May 15, 2016 at 11:31 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by dom.donald - May 15, 2016 at 11:31 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by The Valkyrie - May 15, 2016 at 11:33 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by dom.donald - May 15, 2016 at 11:38 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by The Valkyrie - May 15, 2016 at 11:41 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by robvalue - May 16, 2016 at 4:07 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by ignoramus - May 16, 2016 at 10:22 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by dom.donald - May 16, 2016 at 11:07 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by robvalue - May 17, 2016 at 6:25 am
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by The Valkyrie - May 16, 2016 at 11:15 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by ignoramus - May 17, 2016 at 6:49 am
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by Alex K - May 17, 2016 at 9:31 am
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by The Valkyrie - May 17, 2016 at 4:12 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by SteelCurtain - May 17, 2016 at 8:09 am
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by account_inactive - May 17, 2016 at 11:11 am
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by The Valkyrie - May 17, 2016 at 4:10 pm
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by Alex K - May 17, 2016 at 8:11 am
Godless Pom in NZ - by LadyForCamus - May 17, 2016 at 9:26 am
RE: Godless Pom in NZ - by The Valkyrie - May 17, 2016 at 5:56 pm

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