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What does "pom-diddly-poms happily" mean? (to a Kiwi)? |
A Kiwi (New Zealander) once wrote to me (describing a person): "That person is great though. Pom-diddly-poms happily, and tells the most outrageous stories."
What does "pom-diddly-poms happily" mean here? And is "happily" maybe a typo? |
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Dangerous
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I have no idea but they might be referring to a way they go about things in a carefree manner.
It's not a common phrase in NZ. |
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Not a phrase in regular use.
Perhaps your friend may be the only one who's ever used the phrase.
The Kiwi-ese, New Zild and other dictionaries of colloquialisms don't mention it.
Out of context, I'd hazard a guess and say it means very happy tra la. |
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the term..POMS....stands for PRISONERS OF MOTHER ENGLAND, meaning in the early days of plunder....the nobles of england sent the worst (convicts/miscreants) of what england had to offer to the world to build the empire for the queen.
in the modern era, england sent waves of people to those outposts (ie; australia,new zealand etc after independence frm england) and ruined the economies with union leaders/banking etc.......then resentment grew, hence the aussies etc .......called them POMS-BLOODY MOANING POMS!. |
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Never heard of it. I've heard people say he/she was "very jolly hockey sticks" to describe one of those super bubbly English toff types. Maybe that's because hockey is generally only played by rich people in the UK. Interestingly hockey is played by anyone here, it's nothing to do with the rich. It was only when I had an English boss who thought I was from a wealthy family because I said I played hockey at school, that I realised that about English hockey. Evidently it's seen as a rich person's sport, like polo. By the way, jolly hockey sticks types are seen as complete tossers here, as I'm sure they also are in the UK!
I'm wondering if Pom-diddly-poms refers to the Night Of the Proms? Like the drums do the pom diddly thing & Night Of the Proms is a happy occasion? |
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umm i have not used this phrase before, but in general poms means brits and usually not the best term in the world......often written as "bloody poms" stupid poms etc...although you can just say, the poms and mean english!
Maybe, possibly in this phrase is sounds more like someone is just nattering away happily, which to me makes more sense, that the person is just someone who talks |
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