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Pollytheism (n.), The belief that God is a parrot.
Pol. What do you read, my lord? Ham. Words, words, words.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Hamlet -- Act ii, Sc. 2...
Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it. -- Elbert Hubbard
POLYGAMY, n. A house of atonement, or expiatory chapel, fitted with several stools of repentance, as distinguished from monogamy, which has but one.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
Polygon: A missing parrot.
polygon pusher: n. A chip designer who spends most of his or her time at the physical layout level (which requires drawing *lots* of multi-colored polygons).
Also `rectangle slinger'. -- T...
Polymer Chemists do it in chains.
Polymer: Many mers. (Compare MONOMERS). -- The Ultimate Scientific Dictionary
Polymer physicists are into chains.
Polymorphing your dog probably makes you safer.

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