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Saw this in the paper and thought I would share it:
Australian academic Bernadette Hince has compiled 2,000 terms into a dictionay of Antarctese after living there off and on over a period of 11 years.
the IceAntractica
The CrudThe ubiquitous cold or flu that strikes new arrivals
GreenoutBeing overwhelmed upon returning to your native land, by its greenness
SnotsicleAn icicle that hangs from the nose
Crawliesblowing snow
Jolliestrips
SastrugiWind-carve snow caves
Antarctic TenThe exaggerated attractiveness of a person, in a small and remote Antarctic ommunity, in the miinds of his or her admirers; an Antarctic Ten is only a plane ride away from being ugly again
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