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POLARI: ORIG OF GAY SLANG (READ IT, MARY!)
* mary in gay slang *
15 Old-Timey Nam for 'Gay'. Before 'gay' beme mon and accepted parlance, the world vented s own unofficial terms for men who dug men.
Some nam were self-created and others were thst, often celly, upon gay, bi, and queer men. A mon, mostly nocuo term of the middle of the 20th century ed among gay and bi men. This one not not only homosexualy but effemacy.
Brish, possibly om the gay subculture language Polari. There is still a gay tourg agency lled Uranian Travel. The Nance was a gay burlque character that was a staple of the tim.