Polie

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A worker stationed at the South Pole. slang

    "Polies have much more attitude than McMurdoites. […] 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."

Example

More examples

"Polies have much more attitude than McMurdoites. […] 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."

Etymology

From pole + -ie.

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