choom

American  

[choom] / tʃʊm /

noun

Australian.

1. an Englishman.

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choom British  

/ tʃʊm /

noun

1. old-fashioned (often capital) an Englishman

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Etymology

Origin of choom

1915–20; facetious respelling of chum ¹, with -oo- representing English Midlands pronunciation of the vowel

Example Sentences

"The Chapo Guide to Revolution" functions as an accessible entry point, both for the always-online set and the never-online set — though the latter may want to approach it with Urban Dictionary on-hand, otherwise, sentences like “America, Reagan’s shining city on the hill, vanished in a cloud of Choom smoke” may not be entirely clear.

From Salon

All the while nary a peep from these same smarmy swamp creatures as Mr. Obama rolled the constitution into joints so he and his political Choom Gang could smoke bales of weed.

From Washington Times

In the nation's capital, local activists have been trying to turn up the heat on President Barack Obama – an admitted past marijuana user and reported member of a youthful pot-smoking “choom gang” – to reschedule or deschedule marijuana before he leaves office in January.

From US News

Though he was the target of the protest, President Obama -- an admitted past marijuana user and a reported member of a pot-smoking “Choom Gang” in his youth -- did not appear as protesters lit up.

From US News

There’s room for choom, and all that jazz.

From The New Yorker