The act of listening to multiple sources of audio while consistently comprehending each medium. Often accomplished most efficiently using separate headphones on each ear. However polysoning is not explicitly requirent of headphones.
Example Person #1:What are you doing?
Example Person #2:I'm polysoning to my mp3 and the radio, I've got my mp3 playing in the headphones in my left ear and the headphone attached to the radio is playing in my right.
Example Person #1:Neat, I do that too eccept I place my earphones into my larger ear headphones when I want to listen to a podcast and my music.
Example Person #2:I'm polysoning to my mp3 and the radio, I've got my mp3 playing in the headphones in my left ear and the headphone attached to the radio is playing in my right.
Example Person #1:Neat, I do that too eccept I place my earphones into my larger ear headphones when I want to listen to a podcast and my music.
by Wincrest December 12, 2006
A word or phrase that sounds normal to most people but secretly holds multiple layers of meaning—emotional, historical, relational—only unlocked by specific people who “get it.”
It’s like a double entendre mixed with an inside joke and a shared language between best friends, old coworkers, or your emotionally aware future self.
from poly- (many) and sonance (resonance or sound), to describe language that compresses multiple emotional meanings into a single communicative gesture.
It’s like a double entendre mixed with an inside joke and a shared language between best friends, old coworkers, or your emotionally aware future self.
from poly- (many) and sonance (resonance or sound), to describe language that compresses multiple emotional meanings into a single communicative gesture.
George saying “It’s the least I can do.” is a great polysonance that holds multiple meanings. It’s a perfectly acceptable response to gratitude for a basic task but to Rob and Jane it also communicate a quiet act of resistance, self-recognition, and a subtle flex that he could do more but won’t unless it’s appreciated. That polysonance is such a quick way to share layers of coded meaning to the right people.
by Rmwag1 March 28, 2025