A dictnary of Polari & gay slang by Baker, Pl | Open Library

Contents:

• POLARI: THE LOST LANGUAGE OF GAY MEN
• A DICTNARY OF POLARI & GAY SLANG
• THE FETS AND JABS OF POLARI, BRA’S GAY SLANG
• FANTABULOSA : A DICTNARY OF POLARI AND GAY SLANG
• FANTABULOSA: A DICTNARY OF POLARI AND GAY SLANG
• FANTABULOSA: A DICTNARY OF POLARI AND GAY SLANG: A DICTNARY OF POLARI AND GAY SLANG HARDVER – 1 FEBARY 2003
• FANTABULOSA: A DICTNARY OF POLARI AND GAY SLANG - SOFTVER

POLARI: THE LOST LANGUAGE OF GAY MEN

Polari: The Lost Language of Gay Men. Maly gay men, although also lbians, female impersonators, theatre people, prostut and sea-queens (gay men the merchant navy). It was not limed to gay men, however.

Straight people who were nnected to the theatre also ed , and there are numero s of gay men teachg to their straight iends. bch - tty gay man or to pla. omi-palone - gay man.

A DICTNARY OF POLARI & GAY SLANG

Polari - to talk, or the gay language self. tra - a gay sex partner, often one who don't nsir himself to be gay. Most monly, the 1930s-1970s, private gay drkg tablishments, particularly London.

THE FETS AND JABS OF POLARI, BRA’S GAY SLANG

There are numero reasons: as a form of protectn and secrecy - exclud outsirs who wouldn't be able to tell what you were talkg about, and allowed gay people to nceal their sexualy.

It was a form of humour and mp performance, and also a way of iatg people to the gay or theatre subculture.

FANTABULOSA : A DICTNARY OF POLARI AND GAY SLANG

It allowed s ers to nstct a view of realy based upon their own valu, or to give nam to thgs that mastream culture hadn't regnised (such as certa forms of gay sex). Why don't gay people e now?

Also, the (partial) crimalisatn of homosexualy 1967 meant that there was ls need for a secret form of language. Then the early 1970s, gay liberatnists wanted to move away om mp stereotyp of gay men, and Polari was creasgly viewed as unattractive and old fashned.

Therefore, wh creased globalisatn and fluenc on the Brish gay scene om Ameri the 1970s and 1980s, Polari was not somethg which was set to ntue. Current attus towards are still agmented and ambivalent wh the gay scene, wh some people claimg to be silly, femisg and outdated, others wantg a revival and others thkg 's an important part of gay herage but shouldn't necsarily be brought back. Some gay bs have named themselv after (particuarly the re words like bona and vada).

FANTABULOSA: A DICTNARY OF POLARI AND GAY SLANG

There has been an onle gay magaze lled Polari, as well as a ffee-shop lled the Polari Lounge. In private, groups of gay men - particularly olr or middle-aged men ntue to e , and the late 1990s I had emails om people who said that they ed certa gay clubs London, havg merged wh other forms of slang (e.

Polari - The Lost Language of Gay Men, by Pl Baker, published by Routledge 2002. (2002) "Speakg Gay Secrets" Hello Sailor!

Gay Life for Seafarg Men 1945-1990.

FANTABULOSA: A DICTNARY OF POLARI AND GAY SLANG: A DICTNARY OF POLARI AND GAY SLANG HARDVER – 1 FEBARY 2003

(1994) "Gayspeak, the Lguistic Frge: Bona Polari, Camp, Queerspeak and Beyond" In The Margs of the Cy: Gay Men's Urban Liv, ed. Observer Article on gay language - 10/12/00. Polari magaze An onle gay magaze eded by Chris Bryant.

A dictnary of Polari & gay slang. Gay men,.

FANTABULOSA: A DICTNARY OF POLARI AND GAY SLANG - SOFTVER

Gays,. Dictnary of Polari and gay slang. As a young and troverted man on the gay scene, I often found this volume of gossip to be dizzyg and overwhelmg.

A gay man was named by bg the Polari words for man and woman together to omee-palone, whereas a lbian was the reverse orr—palone-omee. There’s a nflatn of genr and sexualy here which om some later perspectiv might be seen as problematic—to say that a gay man is lerally a man-woman keys to negative stereotyp about gay men as effemate or women trapped men’s bodi.