# pom

> English word · Noun · IPA /pɒm/ · frequency rank #23,363

## Definitions
1. An Englishman; a Briton; a person of British descent.
2. A cocktail containing pomegranate juice and vodka.

## Etymology
A clipping of pomegranate. In reference to the British, first attested in Australia in 1912 as rhyming slang for immigrant with additional reference to the likelihood of sunburn turning their skin pomegranate red. As a cocktail, originally American.

## Easily confused with
- **PP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pom-vs-pp)
- **PR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pom-vs-pr)
- **pt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pom-vs-pt)
- **PS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pom-vs-ps)
- **PU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pom-vs-pu)
- **PV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pom-vs-pv)
- **PW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pom-vs-pw)
- **PX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pom-vs-px)
- **put** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pom-vs-put)
- **pro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pom-vs-pro)
- **pop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pom-vs-pop)
- **pot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pom-vs-pot)
- **pub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pom-vs-pub)
- **pos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pom-vs-pos)
- **ppl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pom-vs-ppl)
- **pup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pom-vs-pup)
- **pun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pom-vs-pun)
- **poo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pom-vs-poo)
- **PSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pom-vs-psa)
- **PTS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pom-vs-pts)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pom