pom-pomn.³

Brit.

/ˈpɒmpɒm/, U.S.

/ˈpɑmˌpɑm/

Forms: 1900s– pom-pom, 1900s– pompon.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < a regional Pidgin word meaning ‘(have) sexual intercourse’, reportedly heard by U.S. troops in New Guinea (1944), the Philippines, and Japan.The word might be (directly or via Pidgin) < an Austronesian language (compare Hawaiian panipani sexual intercourse, Indonesian perempuan woman, Malay perempuan woman) and perhaps influenced by pom-pom int., pom-pom n.², or simply of imitative origin (compare bang n.¹ 6 and similar words denoting sexual intercourse). Perhaps also compare pump v. 11, a possible source for a Pidgin etymon. Compare later pan-pan n.

U.S. slang (originally Military).

Sexual intercourse, esp. with a prostitute. Also in to make pom-pom. Also: the female external genitals, the vulva.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > sexual intercourse

ymonec950

moneOE

meanc1175

manredc1275

swivinga1300

couplec1320

companyc1330

fellowred1340

the service of Venusc1350

miskissinga1387

fellowshipc1390

meddlinga1398

carnal knowinga1400

flesha1400

knowledgea1400

knowledginga1400

japec1400

commoning?c1425

commixtionc1429

itc1440

communicationc1450

couplingc1475

mellingc1480

carnality1483

copulation1483

mixturea1500

Venus act?1507

Venus exercise?1507

Venus play?1507

Venus work?1507

conversation?c1510

flesh-company1522

act?1532

carnal knowledge1532

occupying?1544

congression1546

soil1555

conjunction1567

fucking1568

rem in re1568

commixture1573

coiture1574

shaking of the sheets?1577

cohabitation1579

bedding1589

congress1589

union1598

embrace1599

making-outa1601

rutting1600

noddy1602

poop-noddy1606

conversinga1610

carnal confederacy1610

wapping1610

businessa1612

coition1615

doinga1616

amation1623

commerce1624

hot cocklesa1627

other thing1628

buck1632

act of love1638

commistion1658

subagitation1658

cuntc1664

coit1671

intimacy1676

the last favour1676

quiffing1686

old hat1697

correspondence1698

frigging1708

Moll Peatley1711

coitus1713

sexual intercourse1753

shagging1772

connection1791

intercourse1803

interunion1822

greens1846

tail1846

copula1864

poking1864

fuckeea1866

sex relation1871

wantonizing1884

belly-flopping1893

twatting1893

jelly roll1895

mattress-jig1896

sex1900

screwing1904

jazz1918

zig-zig1918

other1922

booty1926

pigmeat1926

jazzing1927

poontang1927

relations1927

whoopee1928

nookie1930

hump1931

jig-a-jig1932

homework1933

quickie1933

nasty1934

jig-jig1935

crumpet1936

pussy1937

Sir Berkeley1937

pom-pom1945

poon1947

charvering1954

mollocking1959

leg1967

rumpy-pumpy1968

shafting1971

home plate1972

pata-pata1977

bonking1985

legover1985

knobbing1986

rumpo1986

fanny1993

1945 W. B. Huie From Omaha to Okinawa vii. 212 The nonprofessional sisterhood..swarmed around the camps with ever-ready ‘pompom’.

1961 P. Mathiessen Raditzer 82 All you want me for is making pom-pom.

1970 T. Southern Blue Movie (1996) xvi. 203 In this scene you will be kissing Ms. Sterling's..how do you say, ‘pom-pom’?

1997 ‘Q’ Deadmeat 237 There's nough pom-pom for everybody tonight. It's going to be raining sex I can smell it.

Compounds

General attributive, in relation to prostitutes and prostitution, chiefly in the Philippines, Japan, and adjacent regions.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [adjective] > relating to or of nature of prostitute

strumpeta1382

priestybulous?1545

prostibulous?1545

curtal1595

Cyprian1787

hetaeric1868

pom-pom1945

1945 Yank 14 Dec. 4 17/1 Byrd's first job [sc. in Manila] was to check on pom-pom houses, lecturing the girls on VD.

1950 H. Tracy Kakemono i. 7 The pompom girls are another depressing feature of contemporary life in the capital.

1960 R. L. Duncan If it moves, salute It ii. ii. 161 The pom-pom girls had a distinct and pungent vocabulary of four-letter words picked up from the soldiers they dealt with.

1997 C. Evers Have No Fear v. 50 The Filipinos had plenty of what they called ‘pom-pom houses’—whorehouses.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pom-pomv.

Brit.

/ˈpɒmpɒm/, U.S.

/ˈpɑmˌpɑm/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pom-pom n.²

Etymology: < pom-pom n.²

Now rare.

transitive. To fire a pom-pom gun at. Also intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > operate artillery [verb (intransitive)] > discharge artillery > of specific type

bombard1598

pom-pom1900

cough1925

1900 H. Bell Diary in Mil. Hist. Jrnl. (S. Afr.) (1997) 10 (Electronic text) Was fighting all day; got pom-pommed while we were feeding.

1901 ‘Linesman’ Words by Eyewitness ix. 191 Boers can fire shrapnel, Britons can pom-pom with the best.

Derivatives

ˈpom-pomming n. (the sound of) the firing of pom-pom guns.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > discharge of artillery > of specific type of artillery

rocketing?a1800

pom-pomming1901

ack-ack1917

flak1938

mortaring1964

1901 ‘Linesman’ Words by Eyewitness vii. 147 Continuous sniping, pom-pomming, and occasional shelling.

1945 Sunday Jrnl. & Star (Lincoln, Nebraska) 8/2 You could hear..the pom-pomming of American anti-aircraft guns outside.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pom-pomint.n.²

Brit.

/ˈpɒmˌpɒm/, U.S.

/ˈpɑmˌpɑm/

Forms: also reduplicated.

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Reduplication of pom, imitative of the sound.

A. int.

1. Representing a repetitive sound, esp. a simple regular sound made by a musical instrument to accompany a tune. Cf. tiddly-om-pom-pom n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > monotonous

monotony1636

pom-pom1862

oompah1877

tiddly-om-pom-pom1909

oom-pah-pah1936

1862 Atlantic Monthly July 8 Pom Pom Pom Pom, Drumming and fifing good, Make hero mood.

1909 M. Beerbohm Lett. to R. Turner (1964) 181 They have been re-printing Yet Again. Second impression ready within a few days. Pom-pom-pom.

1916 A. Huxley Let. 31 Mar. (1969) 95 Time percolates with a distressing rapidity through the coffee-machines of life... So you see, pom, pom, where we are?..as the old song says.

2000 Observer (Nexis) 3 Dec. (Cash Pages) 10 A pig joined the village brass band and grunted ‘pom pom pom’ down the street.

2. In longer reduplications of the single syllable: used to represent the rhythm of a tune.

ΚΠ

1924 H. Allen in Musical Times Nov. 996/1 Instead of singing ‘Pom, pom, pom, pom,’ sing the notes as they are on the pianoforte.

1978 M. Kenyon Deep Pocket ix. 105 Pom pom pom pom pom, something sweet Willies.

1987 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 27 Apr. All together now—‘'Twas all over my jealousy, Pom, pom, pom, pom.’

B. n.²

1. A repetitive sound, such as the repetitive beat of a simple tune.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > regular or alternating rhythm

cadence1667

throb throb1857

clip-clop1863

chip-chop1876

rum-tum1879

pom-pom1892

throb1892

heartbeat1898

bounce1937

plip-plop1953

1892 C. F. Lummis Tramp across Continent xi. 162 The thirty dancers were leaping, marching, wheeling, in perfect rhythm to the wild chant of the chorus, and to the pom, pom, of a huge drum.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 6 Sept. 4/3 The kettledrum boy plays his incessant pom-pom-pom.

1940 H. Spring Fame is Spur xi. 353 These streets that hear little but the drone of the barrel-organ, the pom-pom-pom of solemn Teutons.

1945 W. Stevens Let. 26 Jan. (1967) 485 Many lines exist because I enjoy their clickety-clack in contrast with the more decorous pom-pom-pom that people expect.

2004 Times (Nexis) 1 Apr. (Times2 section) 3 The pom-pom of the military band playing I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair.

a. More fully pom-pom gun. Any of various automatic quick-firing guns; (in later use esp.) any one of a group of anti-aircraft guns on a ship.Originally used of the Maxim gun as used during the Boer War.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > machine-gun > types of

mitrailleuse1867

mitrailleur1869

Gatling gun1870

light machine gun1883

Gardner1884

Maxim1884

volley gun1884

Nordenfelt1885

Maxim1888

camel-gun1891

Maxim–Nordenfeldt gun1898

pom-pom1899

bomb Maxim1900

Lewis (machine) gun1913

Spandau guna1918

Vickers1917

LMG1922

Spandau1929

Bren1937

1899 Daily News 6 Dec. 5/4 Automatic guns, nicknamed pom-poms.

1900 Daily News 5 Mar. 2/3 Near where the ‘pom-pom’ gun was placed, is the overflowing supply store.

1940 ‘N. Shute’ Landfall vii. 175 I should think the multiple pom-poms would have got the machine.

1984 A. MacLean San Andreas (1986) Prol. 10 The anti-aircraft gunners on the merchant ships peered over the sights of their Oerlikons, Bofors or pom-poms—two-pounders.

2003 Navy News Sept. 42/2 Though wounded many times, Mantle stuck to his 20mm pompom until the end of the attack on Portland Harbour.

b. figurative. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1902 Westm. Gaz. 27 Jan. 1/2 The fact..has never influenced him..towards a modification of his verbal pom-poms.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.³1945

v.1900

int.n.²1862

单词	pom-pom
释义	pom-pomn.³ Brit. /ˈpɒmpɒm/, U.S. /ˈpɑmˌpɑm/ Forms: 1900s– pom-pom, 1900s– pompon. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < a regional Pidgin word meaning ‘(have) sexual intercourse’, reportedly heard by U.S. troops in New Guinea (1944), the Philippines, and Japan.The word might be (directly or via Pidgin) < an Austronesian language (compare Hawaiian panipani sexual intercourse, Indonesian perempuan woman, Malay perempuan woman) and perhaps influenced by pom-pom int., pom-pom n.², or simply of imitative origin (compare bang n.¹ 6 and similar words denoting sexual intercourse). Perhaps also compare pump v. 11, a possible source for a Pidgin etymon. Compare later pan-pan n. U.S. slang (originally Military). Sexual intercourse, esp. with a prostitute. Also in to make pom-pom. Also: the female external genitals, the vulva. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > sexual intercourse ymonec950 moneOE meanc1175 manredc1275 swivinga1300 couplec1320 companyc1330 fellowred1340 the service of Venusc1350 miskissinga1387 fellowshipc1390 meddlinga1398 carnal knowinga1400 flesha1400 knowledgea1400 knowledginga1400 japec1400 commoning?c1425 commixtionc1429 itc1440 communicationc1450 couplingc1475 mellingc1480 carnality1483 copulation1483 mixturea1500 Venus act?1507 Venus exercise?1507 Venus play?1507 Venus work?1507 conversation?c1510 flesh-company1522 act?1532 carnal knowledge1532 occupying?1544 congression1546 soil1555 conjunction1567 fucking1568 rem in re1568 commixture1573 coiture1574 shaking of the sheets?1577 cohabitation1579 bedding1589 congress1589 union1598 embrace1599 making-outa1601 rutting1600 noddy1602 poop-noddy1606 conversinga1610 carnal confederacy1610 wapping1610 businessa1612 coition1615 doinga1616 amation1623 commerce1624 hot cocklesa1627 other thing1628 buck1632 act of love1638 commistion1658 subagitation1658 cuntc1664 coit1671 intimacy1676 the last favour1676 quiffing1686 old hat1697 correspondence1698 frigging1708 Moll Peatley1711 coitus1713 sexual intercourse1753 shagging1772 connection1791 intercourse1803 interunion1822 greens1846 tail1846 copula1864 poking1864 fuckeea1866 sex relation1871 wantonizing1884 belly-flopping1893 twatting1893 jelly roll1895 mattress-jig1896 sex1900 screwing1904 jazz1918 zig-zig1918 other1922 booty1926 pigmeat1926 jazzing1927 poontang1927 relations1927 whoopee1928 nookie1930 hump1931 jig-a-jig1932 homework1933 quickie1933 nasty1934 jig-jig1935 crumpet1936 pussy1937 Sir Berkeley1937 pom-pom1945 poon1947 charvering1954 mollocking1959 leg1967 rumpy-pumpy1968 shafting1971 home plate1972 pata-pata1977 bonking1985 legover1985 knobbing1986 rumpo1986 fanny1993 1945 W. B. Huie From Omaha to Okinawa vii. 212 The nonprofessional sisterhood..swarmed around the camps with ever-ready ‘pompom’. 1961 P. Mathiessen Raditzer 82 All you want me for is making pom-pom. 1970 T. Southern Blue Movie (1996) xvi. 203 In this scene you will be kissing Ms. Sterling's..how do you say, ‘pom-pom’? 1997 ‘Q’ Deadmeat 237 There's nough pom-pom for everybody tonight. It's going to be raining sex I can smell it. Compounds General attributive, in relation to prostitutes and prostitution, chiefly in the Philippines, Japan, and adjacent regions. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [adjective] > relating to or of nature of prostitute strumpeta1382 priestybulous?1545 prostibulous?1545 curtal1595 Cyprian1787 hetaeric1868 pom-pom1945 1945 Yank 14 Dec. 4 17/1 Byrd's first job [sc. in Manila] was to check on pom-pom houses, lecturing the girls on VD. 1950 H. Tracy Kakemono i. 7 The pompom girls are another depressing feature of contemporary life in the capital. 1960 R. L. Duncan If it moves, salute It ii. ii. 161 The pom-pom girls had a distinct and pungent vocabulary of four-letter words picked up from the soldiers they dealt with. 1997 C. Evers Have No Fear v. 50 The Filipinos had plenty of what they called ‘pom-pom houses’—whorehouses. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pom-pomv. Brit. /ˈpɒmpɒm/, U.S. /ˈpɑmˌpɑm/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pom-pom n.² Etymology: < pom-pom n.² Now rare. transitive. To fire a pom-pom gun at. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > operate artillery [verb (intransitive)] > discharge artillery > of specific type bombard1598 pom-pom1900 cough1925 1900 H. Bell Diary in Mil. Hist. Jrnl. (S. Afr.) (1997) 10 (Electronic text) Was fighting all day; got pom-pommed while we were feeding. 1901 ‘Linesman’ Words by Eyewitness ix. 191 Boers can fire shrapnel, Britons can pom-pom with the best. Derivatives ˈpom-pomming n. (the sound of) the firing of pom-pom guns. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > discharge of artillery > of specific type of artillery rocketing?a1800 pom-pomming1901 ack-ack1917 flak1938 mortaring1964 1901 ‘Linesman’ Words by Eyewitness vii. 147 Continuous sniping, pom-pomming, and occasional shelling. 1945 Sunday Jrnl. & Star (Lincoln, Nebraska) 8/2 You could hear..the pom-pomming of American anti-aircraft guns outside. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pom-pomint.n.² Brit. /ˈpɒmˌpɒm/, U.S. /ˈpɑmˌpɑm/ Forms: also reduplicated. Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Reduplication of pom, imitative of the sound. A. int. 1. Representing a repetitive sound, esp. a simple regular sound made by a musical instrument to accompany a tune. Cf. tiddly-om-pom-pom n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > monotonous monotony1636 pom-pom1862 oompah1877 tiddly-om-pom-pom1909 oom-pah-pah1936 1862 Atlantic Monthly July 8 Pom Pom Pom Pom, Drumming and fifing good, Make hero mood. 1909 M. Beerbohm Lett. to R. Turner (1964) 181 They have been re-printing Yet Again. Second impression ready within a few days. Pom-pom-pom. 1916 A. Huxley Let. 31 Mar. (1969) 95 Time percolates with a distressing rapidity through the coffee-machines of life... So you see, pom, pom, where we are?..as the old song says. 2000 Observer (Nexis) 3 Dec. (Cash Pages) 10 A pig joined the village brass band and grunted ‘pom pom pom’ down the street. 2. In longer reduplications of the single syllable: used to represent the rhythm of a tune. ΚΠ 1924 H. Allen in Musical Times Nov. 996/1 Instead of singing ‘Pom, pom, pom, pom,’ sing the notes as they are on the pianoforte. 1978 M. Kenyon Deep Pocket ix. 105 Pom pom pom pom pom, something sweet Willies. 1987 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 27 Apr. All together now—‘'Twas all over my jealousy, Pom, pom, pom, pom.’ B. n.² 1. A repetitive sound, such as the repetitive beat of a simple tune. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > regular or alternating rhythm cadence1667 throb throb1857 clip-clop1863 chip-chop1876 rum-tum1879 pom-pom1892 throb1892 heartbeat1898 bounce1937 plip-plop1953 1892 C. F. Lummis Tramp across Continent xi. 162 The thirty dancers were leaping, marching, wheeling, in perfect rhythm to the wild chant of the chorus, and to the pom, pom, of a huge drum. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 6 Sept. 4/3 The kettledrum boy plays his incessant pom-pom-pom. 1940 H. Spring Fame is Spur xi. 353 These streets that hear little but the drone of the barrel-organ, the pom-pom-pom of solemn Teutons. 1945 W. Stevens Let. 26 Jan. (1967) 485 Many lines exist because I enjoy their clickety-clack in contrast with the more decorous pom-pom-pom that people expect. 2004 Times (Nexis) 1 Apr. (Times2 section) 3 The pom-pom of the military band playing I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair. 2. a. More fully pom-pom gun. Any of various automatic quick-firing guns; (in later use esp.) any one of a group of anti-aircraft guns on a ship.Originally used of the Maxim gun as used during the Boer War. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > machine-gun > types of mitrailleuse1867 mitrailleur1869 Gatling gun1870 light machine gun1883 Gardner1884 Maxim1884 volley gun1884 Nordenfelt1885 Maxim1888 camel-gun1891 Maxim–Nordenfeldt gun1898 pom-pom1899 bomb Maxim1900 Lewis (machine) gun1913 Spandau guna1918 Vickers1917 LMG1922 Spandau1929 Bren1937 1899 Daily News 6 Dec. 5/4 Automatic guns, nicknamed pom-poms. 1900 Daily News 5 Mar. 2/3 Near where the ‘pom-pom’ gun was placed, is the overflowing supply store. 1940 ‘N. Shute’ Landfall vii. 175 I should think the multiple pom-poms would have got the machine. 1984 A. MacLean San Andreas (1986) Prol. 10 The anti-aircraft gunners on the merchant ships peered over the sights of their Oerlikons, Bofors or pom-poms—two-pounders. 2003 Navy News Sept. 42/2 Though wounded many times, Mantle stuck to his 20mm pompom until the end of the attack on Portland Harbour. b. figurative. Now rare. ΚΠ 1902 Westm. Gaz. 27 Jan. 1/2 The fact..has never influenced him..towards a modification of his verbal pom-poms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.³1945v.1900int.n.²1862
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pom-pomn.3

Compounds

pom-pomv.

Derivatives

pom-pomint.n.2

pom-pomn.³

pom-pomint.n.²