choom
[choo m]
- an Englishman.
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Origin of choom
1915–20; facetious respelling of chum1, with -oo- representing English Midlands pronunciation of the vowel
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Contemporary Examples
The Choom Gang was a bunch of jockey stoner kids and Barack Obama, who then went by “Barry,” was their natural leader.
They also reelected President Obama, he of the infamous “Choom Gang.”
Barry ultimately left the Choom Gang for Occidental College and then, in his junior year, transferred to Columbia in New York.
David Maraniss’s Biography Spills on Obama’s Pot-Smoking & MoreMatthew DeLuca, Caitlin Dickson
May 25, 2012
"Wasting good bud smoke was not tolerated," explained one member of the Choom Gang.
Historical Examples
There was a little nurse, mostly on night duty, who was dubbed "Choom," for she came from Yorkshire and had a rich brogue.
"Over There" with the AustraliansR. Hugh Knyvett
choom
- (often capital) old-fashioned, Australian slang, or jocular an Englishman
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