Pommy, Australian slang for an English person, is often derogatory, and the popular acronym stories are probably backronyms rather than true origins. Jeff from Boones Mill near Roanoke, Virginia, grew up in Australia hearing that it meant Prisoner...
In this week’s installment of Slang This!, a member of the National Puzzlers League tries to separate the real slang terms from the fake ones. Try this one: Which of the following expressions really is a British synonym for the willies, the...
