Should We Stop Saying "Poly"?

[joreth]

I've been seeing the "polya" abbreviation being used for a while now, and at first I thought it was just someone who didn't speak English very well. Then I started hearing rumblings in the community that some people wanted us to all stop using the abbreviation "poly" to refer to polyamory because Polynesian people also use the abbreviation "poly"

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Or use it as an excuse to make new friends.

[polydad]

My own desire on how to deal with this is to find some Polynesians to invite over for dinner. Discussions of how to dismiss teapot-tempests always seem to go better with full bellies.

best,

Joel