BRITAIN, BRITISH
(also see ENGLAND, IRELAND, SCOTLAND, WALES)
ADJECTIVES
1470 ► SOUTHRON dwelling in the south of Great Britain → chiefly Sc.
1709 ► PAMBRITANNICK → PAN-BRITANNIC consisting of all the Britons or of all parts of Britain → obs.
1944 ► PONGO British → Aust. & NZ colloq.
NOUNS
1817 ► THE OLD COUNTRY Great Britain
1886 ► OLD HOME Great Britain
1916 ► POMMYLAND Britain, esp. England
1952 ► THE QUEEN the UK’s national anthem → UK sl.
1962 ► AUNTIE → AUNTY the British Broadcasting Corporation → UK sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1470 ► SOUTHRON a native of the south of Great Britain; an Englishman
1591 ► BRITONESS a female citizen of the United Kingdom → literary usage
1771 ► SASSENACH the name given by the Gaelic inhabitants of Great Britain and Ireland to their ‘Saxon’ or English neighbours
1815 ► BRITISHER a native or citizen of Britain → orig. US
1815 ► JOHNNY CRAPOSE a British seaman wearing a moustache → nautical sl.
1819 ► GALLO-BRITON a person partly British and partly French, either in birth or sympathies
1850 ► TOMMY ATKINS a British soldier
1888 ► LIMEY originally a British immigrant, and hence, a British person → sl, orig. Aust., NZ & S. Afr.
1901 ► BRIT a British person → sl., chiefly US
1912 ► POM a British person, esp. an English person → Aust. & NZ colloq., usually derogatory
1913 ► LIMEJUICER a Britisher → Amer. navy usage (Bk.)
1942 ► PONGO a British person; orig. a British soldier; later, a person perceived as old-fashioned or colonial in attitude → NZ & Aust.
1969 ► BLIMEY a British person; an English person → Amer. dial.
1971 ► BLACK BRITON a Black British person
1992 ► BENEFIT TOURIST a person who travels to Britain in order to live off social security payments while untruthfully claiming to be seeking work → Brit. colloq.
VERBS
1887 ► BRITANNICIZE to make Britannic or British in form or character
1895 ► TWIST THE LION’S TAIL to irritate Britain
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