different between pom vs gom

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?m/
• Rhymes: -?m

Etymology 1

Australian from 1912. Shortening of pomegranate, rhyming slang for immigrant (“imme-granate”), with additional reference to the fact that the harsh Australian sun could turn British immigrants' skin pomegranate red.

Noun

pom (plural poms)

1. (Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, derogatory) An Englishman, a Briton; a person of British descent.
   • 1987, Linda Christmas, The Ribbon and the Ragged Square: An Australian Journey, page 27,

     I could see more than mere humour in car stickers that read ‘Grow your own Dope: Plant a Pom’ ... ‘Keep Australia Beautiful: Shoot a Pom’.

   • 1989, Tony Wheeler, Australia: A Travel Survival Kit, Lonely Planet, page 10,

     The prize for being Australia?s original pom goes to the enterprising pirate William Dampier, who made the first investigations ashore about 40 years after Tasman and nearly 100 years before Cook.

   • 2008, Lawrence Booth, Cricket, Lovely Cricket?, page 214,

     At one stage a group called British People Against Racial Discrimination complained to the Advertising Standards Board in Australia about an advert for Tooheys beer that claimed it was ‘cold enough to scare a Pom’.

   Synonyms: Brit, limey

Usage notes

The use of this word to refer to a British person is a racial slur. There has been lots of debate on the subject, but it is taken as a term of offence by those at whom it is directed.

Derived terms

See also

• kiwi
• pompom
• Yank
• Wikipedia article on Alternative words for British

References

Etymology 2

Shortening of pomegranate.

Noun

pom (plural poms)

1. (cocktail) An American alcoholic drink containing vodka and pomegranate juice.

Anagrams

• MOP, MPO, OPM, PMO, mop

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• pomu

Etymology

From Latin p?mus. Compare Daco-Romanian pom.

Noun

pom m (plural ponj)

1. fruit tree
2. fruit

Related terms

See also

• arburi
• fructu

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin p?mum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?pom/

Noun

pom m (plural poms)

1. bunch, bouquet

   Synonym: ramell

2. pommel, knob, doorknob
3. A scent-bottle with a rounded shape.
4. (botany) pome
5. (historical) orb (golden ball symbolising royal power)

   Synonyms: globus, món

Derived terms

• pomejat
• pomell

Related terms

• poma
• pòmul

Further reading

• “pom” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Ladino

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

pom (Latin spelling)

1. apple

   Synonym: mansana

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French pomme

Noun

pom

1. apple

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Rade

Etymology

Borrowed from French pompe.

Verb

pom

1. to pump

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin p?mus, from Proto-Italic *poomos, from Proto-Indo-European *h?po-h?ém-os (“taken off”), from *h?epo (“off”) + *h?em- (“take”). See p?mum.

Noun

pom m (plural pomi)

1. fruit tree

Declension

Related terms

See also

• arbore
• copac

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *bu??t (“to see”). Cognate with Iu Mien buatc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p????/

Verb

pom

1. to see
2. to tattle

References

• Sue Murphy Mote, Hmong and American: Stories of Transition to a Strange Land ?ISBN, 2004)

English

Etymology 1

From Irish gámaí (“booby, dolt”).

Alternative forms

• gawm

Noun

gom (plural goms)

1. (Ireland) A foolish person.
   • 1917, Mary Brigid Pearse, The Murphys of Ballystack (Dublin : M.H. Gill) p.139:

     “ Ye don’t how how to dhrive a mothor car ! ” shouted Miles, losing his temper completely. “ What a gom ye are ! ”

   • 1926, Seán O'Casey, The Plough and the Stars, Act II, 173:

     Fluther: ... You must think Fluther's a right gom.

   • 2013, Outrageous Pride ?ISBN

     He had a sinking feeling that he'd made a right gom of himself, hanging onto her until the last before she departed […]

   • 2014, Martha Long, Ma, I'm Gettin Meself a New Mammy ?ISBN:

     "Yeah! She's a right gom! Sister Eleanor probably got her an old-age pensioner to keep her company for the Christmas!"

Etymology 2

Variant of gum.

Noun

gom (plural goms)

1. (Appalachia) Alternative form of gum
   • 1911, Why moles have hands, in The Wit and Humor of America, edited by Marshall Pinckney Wilder, page 206:

     ev'y toof in his jaws gwine come bustin' thu his goms widout nair' a ache er a pain ter let him know dey's dar.

Etymology 3

Minced oath.

Interjection

gom

1. (obsolete, euphemistic) God!
   • 1804, an entry in the Theatrical Journal of The European Magazine: And London Review, volume 45, page 373:

     There's a Lad, too, from York— but tho' he's a strange elf, / By gom! I respect him as much as myself,

   • 1829, The Humours of Vauxhall, in The Universal Songster, Or Museum of Mirth, volume 2, page 164:

     O dang it, Roger, did 'e ever see sich a sight afore? My gom! what a glorious lumination like! My goles! what a mort of gentry-folk!

   • 1861, The Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer, volumes 9-10, page 36:

     "l'll drink as much cider as you 'plase, but by gom, sir, you munna come here to bork the trees over again."

   • 1908, Edmund Mackenzie Sneyd-Kynnersley, H. M. I.: Some Passages in the Life of One of H. M. Inspectors of Schools, page 224:

     Robert took courage : "Eh, by gom, no. It wasn't hereabouts."

Anagrams

• GMO, O. M. G., O.M.G., OMG, mog, omg

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch gom, from Middle Dutch gomme, from Old French gomme, from Late Latin gumma, from earlier gummi, cummi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m/

Noun

gom (uncountable)

1. Gum, a viscous or sticky substance exuded by certain plants or produced synthetically.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• gum

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch gomme, from Old French gomme, from Late Latin gumma, from earlier gummi, cummi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m/
• Hyphenation: gom
• Rhymes: -?m

Noun

gom m (plural gommen, diminutive gommetje n)

1. gum, various viscous or sticky substances exuded by certain plants or produced synthetically.
2. an object made from gum
3. Dated spelling of gum (“eraser”).

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: gom
• ? Indonesian: gom
• ? Japanese: ??

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

gom

1. first-person singular present indicative of gommen
2. imperative of gommen

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English guma.

Noun

gom

1. Alternative form of gome (“man”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse gaumr.

Noun

gom

1. Alternative form of gome (“regard”)

Etymology 3

From Anglo-Norman gome.

Noun

gom

1. Alternative form of gumme

Rohingya

Verb

gom

1. good

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *kom ~ *koom (“to grow, to increase”); cognate with Bahnar ak?m/ak?m (“to meet together, to gather things”), Mon ???? (k?m, “to assemble, come together”) and Khmer ?????? (c?ngkaom, “bunch”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [??m??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [??m??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [??m??]

Verb

gom • (?)

1. to gather together

Derived terms

Noun

gom

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Yola

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish gámaí.

Noun

gom

1. idiot, fool

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN