different between mommy vs pommy

English

Etymology

From mom +? -y.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?mi

Noun

mommy (plural mommies)

1. (US, Canada, usually childish) Mother.

Synonyms

• ma, mama, mamma, mom (US, Canada), momma (US), mum (British), mummy (British)

Descendants

• ? Hebrew: ??????? (mámi)

Translations

Verb

mommy (third-person singular simple present mommies, present participle mommying, simple past and past participle mommied)

1. (US, Canada, rare, informal) To treat someone like a mother would; to mother someone.

Adjective

mommy (comparative mommier, superlative mommiest)

1. (US, Canada, rare, informal, chiefly in the superlative) Characteristic of a mother; motherly.

   She is the mommiest of mommies.

   • 2013, Erin MacPherson, The Christian Mama's Guide to Having a Baby

     I am smack-dab in the middle of the mommiest years of my life. There are toys strewn across my once-pristine floors, goldfish crackers in my couch cushions, and empty juice boxes in my car.

English

Etymology 1

From pom +? -y (“diminutive suffix”). Australian from 1912.

Alternative forms

• pommie

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?mi/
• Rhymes: -?mi

Noun

pommy (plural pommies)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, derogatory) A pom; a person of British descent, a Briton; an Englishman.
   • 1931, Miles Franklin, Back to Bool Bool, page 140,

     Though Sir Oswald had taken on enough London veneer to be sneered at as a pommy in certain Australian circles, he had never acquired the high-class Englishman?s apparent equanimity or indifference before the prospect of cuckolding.

   • 2007, Tony Parsons, Silver in the Sun, unnumbered page,

     Rhona nodded her agreement. ‘That?s a very interesting answer from a new Aussie – and a Pommy into the bargain,’ she added.

   • 2009, Robert Holman, On Paths of Ash: The Extraordinary Story of an Australian Prisoner of War, unnumbered page,

     During one of these acts of bravery by the English pilots I saw a great big tough Aussie with tears of frustration streaming down his face. He was shouting, ‘You magnificent, stupid Pommy bastard!’

Synonyms

• limey (US)

Related terms

• pom

Adjective

pommy (not comparable)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, derogatory) English; British.
   • 1991, A Stranger's Trust, Emma Richmond:

     A gleam of humour, a moment of beautiful pommy arrogance.

   • 2003, Susan Bradley Smith, 12: Rhetoric, reconciliation and other national pastimes: showcasing contemporary Australian theatre in London, Elizabeth Schafer, Susan Bradley Smith (editors), Playing Australia: Australian Theatre and the International Stage, page 201,

     That is, of course, until Australian movie stars like Cate Blanchett and Nicole Kidman proved that they could sell tickets in the West End so long as they could play at being what Rees calls a ‘movie siren’ with a convincing ‘fake pommy accent’.

Synonyms

• limey (US)

Further reading

• Poms overview

Etymology 2

Adjective

pommy (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Alternative form of pommee