ANTARCTIC, ANTARCTICA
NOUNS
1658 — POLAR LINE either of the Arctic and Antarctic Circles → obs.
1881 — FAR SOUTH Antarctica
1959 — WHIZZER → WYSSA → WYZZA a personal message sent or received in the Antarctic or sub-Antarctic (from the telex code for ‘with all my/our love darling’) → Aust.
1959 — OICERY the sleeping quarters of the officer in charge (OIC) → Antarctica usage
1963 — RIVIERA → RIVIERA OF THE SOUTH any place in Antarctica viewed to be slightly warmer than the rest of the continent, esp. the Antarctica Peninsula or Davis station → Antarctica usage
1988 — A-FACTOR the ‘Antarctic factor’, which explains any and all unexpected and added difficulties encountered → Antarctica usage
2003 — FIVE HUNDRED CLUB the notional association of all those who have been in Antarctica for more than 500 consecutive days → sl., Antarctica usage
2003 — MACTOWN McMurdo Station, Antarctica → Antarctica usage
NOUNS, PERSON
1958 — WINTERER a person who spends the winter in Antarctica → Antarctica usage
1958 — WINTEROVERER a person who spends the winter in Antarctica → Antarctica usage
1959 — MOOP a person suffering from chronic disorientation in Arctic regions of Antarctica produced by long days and then long nights → Antarctica usage
1960 — OAE a person who has spent at least one winter in Antarctica (Old Antarctic Explorer) → Antarctica usage
1966 — TOURIST a summer worker in Antarctica → Antarctica usage
1971 — ICE WIDOW a woman whose husband is in Antarctica → NZ sl.
2003 — COUNTRY MOUSE a scientist or a scientist’s assistant whose work takes them into the field, away from McMurdo Station → sl.
2006 — WINTER-OVER a person who has spent the winter in Antarctica → Antarctica usage (Bk.)
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