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    9 months ago

    It’s slang for “English person”.

    Most people would probably tell you it comes from “Prisoner of Mother England”, but this appears to be a folk etymology, and it actually is rhyming slang for “immigrant” via “pomegranate”, referencing “the likelihood of sunburn turning their skin pomegranate red”.

    As a slang term, it’s chiefly used in Australia and New Zealand.