It's a word short for "Pommie" used disparagingly by Australians (and other
colonials) to describe a "Brit" ie. someone from Britain - a Briton.
Supposedly orignated from a shortening and corruption of the word
"pomegranate" combined with alteration of "Jimmy Grant", rhyming slang for
for the despised British "immigrant" to Australia. All rather abstruse,
but then what can you expect from life forms that developed .......Uh, oh.
Richard
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