A person who is newly out as polyamorous and is learning and exploring their identity!
“I haven’t heard of kitchen table polyamory, I’m still a poly-wog.”
Spanking. Used in the Playhouse Disney cartoon Rolie Polie Olie.
Mom: You are going to get a Rolie Polie Paddling if you don't tell me who you have been bullying!
Kid: Nice try! But I hid the Rolie Polie Paddle, so I guess you can't spank me now, huh?
A short, fleeting, or prolonged physical, psychological, and/or emotional interest in an someone other than your other.
My mother after 55 years of marriage to my father still experiences a poly-moment every time she sees Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin in a video.
This refers to a viral poster shared throughout Twitter in 2024. It was memed and ridiculed as "too woke" due to it featuring a black hijabi character whose one leg is replaced with a pirate hook who explained "solo polyamory" in a seemingly confusing manner.
"when i'm in a woke-off battle but my final opponent is the black solo poly hijabi amputee: "
Using "poly" is ill-advised. It could mean polyamorous, but it could be the very racist shorthand for Polynesian. If you say it around anyone from the Pacific, you might get punched.
"Those steam punks are all poly."
"What did you just say?"
"I said they're all poly. They like to sleep around."
"Oh wow. You're racist as fuck."
Short for polyamorous
Bob: Is Jim cheating with that girl, who's definitely not his wife?
Matt: Nah, Jim is poly, she must be one of his other partners
Bob: Oh, my bad