What is Polo Bear?
1.
n. 1. the answer to the Christmas cracker riddle: What's furry and minty?; 2. phenomenon or situation that makes no possible sense usually because of the altered states of the participants; an enigma (2007-8-d.f. < jenandtaraism orig. cryptic Christmas cracker, possible combined expression of the equation "polar bear" - "polar" + "polo mint" - "mint" = "extreme confusion" or "
Definition 1:
Christmas Cracker: What's furry and minty?
Intoxicated Party-goer: I don't know...what?
Christmas Cracker: A
Polo Bear !
Intoxicated Party-goer: Ah, a polo bear! Wait -what's that? That's not funny, just cryptic. Hey, does anyone know what a polo bear is?
Christmas Cracker: You know, you're the only person at this party who has even bothered to talk to me.
Definition 2:
Tara: Remember last New Year's Eve? What was that all about?
Jen: Yeah, I don't know. The whole evening was a bit of a
polo bear for me.
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