Idiom

Pommy bashing

What does "Pommy bashing" mean?

Australian slang term for physical or verbal attacks on the English.

Pommy bashing

Britain, late 20th century.

Australian slang term for physical or verbal attacks on the English.

Mostly Britain and Australia.

  • As Londoners, we never felt comfortable on our trip to Sydney. Every day we were subject to pommie bashing.