Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Your Name Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho Subject: Re: Doctor Who Spotting Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2024 08:49:30 +1200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 22:49:31 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3fcefc3e820677a06002c23f5a9da496"; logging-data="81772"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+4g9vpjXPR9dDgyCBBA6HZ4zKPDarRNf4=" User-Agent: Unison/2.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:mVGr5n9fnc8zto7Hf9D0iT1hpRk= Bytes: 2227 On 2024-08-13 13:27:10 +0000, Blueshirt said: > The Doctor wrote: >> >> Must be an Idlehandsism. POM Dannyboy70 is not tht creative. > > I thought a "POM" was what the Australian's called people when > they beat them at Cricket?! pom: The slang terms pom, pommy, and pommie are used in Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand to denote a British person. Newspapers in Australia were using the term by 1912, with it appearing first in Western Australia, and was said to be short for pomegranate (similar to Americans calling British limeys). May also have originated as "Prisoner Of her Majesty” or as POME "Prisoner of Mother England". POM: Prescription-Only Medicine / Medication Possession Of Marijuana Peace / Presence Of Mind Point Of Manufacture Playmate Of the Month Phases Of the Moon etc. https://www.acronymfinder.com/POM.html