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McMurdoite
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English
Etymology
From en McMurdo -ite.
Noun
A researcher at McMurdo Station, an American research base in Antarctica.
en 2005 Big Dead Place Nicholas Johnson 90 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Big_Dead_Place/kRsHlPD3bcgC Polies are issued green and black parkas; McMurdoites, red.
en iceowl w:Everything2 17-03-2006 https://everything2.com/title/Other+things+nobody+tells+you+about+the+south+pole 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20250814215814/https://everything2.com/title/Other+things+nobody+tells+you+about+the+south+pole
Synonyms
en McMurdoan
en Antarctica People