Pom or poms (plural) is a slang word here for the English. I don't really know where it came from but see below. It is widely used here.

Out with a bang sounds quite painless.
Pom or poms (plural) is a slang word here for the English. I don't really know where it came from but see below. It is widely used here.

Out with a bang sounds quite painless.
Ah, gotcha. Lol, the first thing I thought of with poms was the pompom antiaircraft guns of WW2 vintage.