Polie

See also: polie

English

Etymology

pole +‎ -ie

Noun

Polie (plural Polies)

1. (slang) A worker stationed at the South Pole.
   • 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.

Anagrams

• loipe