Polie

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English

Etymology

From pole +‎ -ie.

Noun

Polie (plural Polies)

  1. (slang) A worker stationed at the South Pole.
    • 2006 March 17, iceowl, Everything2:
      Where a McMurdoite would simply turn and leave a conversation that didn't interest him, a Polie would blatantly change the subject or challenge the entire premise of the discussion.
    • 2011, Nicholas Johnson, Big Dead Place:
      “When Polies see the red coats come off the plane, we think they're not real Antarctic workers. We see McMurdo as a luxury resort. We think we're tougher and want the people from McMurdo to see how cold it is and how much ice we have []
    • 2013, Gabrielle Walker, Antarctica: An Intimate Portrait of a Mysterious Continent, page 187:
      [] there have been many attempts to do biological and psychological studies on wintering Polies, to see how a genuine Moon base might play out, or one on Mars.

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