Dear Elmeromero,
No actually, it doesn't. POM is a term that Australians use for British people. I've heard it means "prisoner of Mother England" and it denoted the British convicts that were sent to populate Australia. This may be true, although no one really knows where it came from, but it denotes British people. Sometimes it is used as the diminutive "Pommie", as in "Pommie bastard". It is used sometimes in a derogatory way.
There is the idea amongst Australians that Poms (British people) are always complaining (whinging) about everything in Australia. There is where the term "whinging POM" comes from.
"Bloody" comes from "Jesus' blood", which in English is a swear word, and "wanker" is "someone who masturbates", so these two terms that you mention in your message are vastly different. I wouldn't recommend you say them to an Australian or a British.
Cheers
Nira
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