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FANTABULOSA : A DICTNARY OF POLARI AND GAY SLANG

Polari has been the secret language of gay men and women through the twentieth century. But more than a language, Polari is an attu. From the prisons and mic halls of Edwardian England to Amerin GIs, to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Polari has been ed to lgh, bch, gossip and cise. Like all slang, Polari ers ed an ever-changg vobulary. Derived om words ed by crimals, circ artists, beggars and prostut, also employed Italian, Yiddish, French, rhymg slang and backslang. Sce gay liberatn, lbian and gay slang has bee ls a language of ncealment than a language of specialisatn, though the tradn of mp remas. "Fantabulosa" prents a lexin of Polari and a more general dictnary of lbian and gay slang. If you don't yet know what vada the bona rt on the ommee ajax, parkerg nty, a Mexin nightmare or a nellyectomy mean, then this is the book for you. * fantabulosa a dictionary of polari and gay slang *

Fantabulosa: A Dictnary of Polari and Gay Slang Pl Baker. Polari has been the secret language of gay men and women through the twentieth century. Sce gay liberatn, lbian and gay slang has bee ls a language of ncealment than a language of specializatn, though the tradn of mp remas.

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" -- Stsgay Magaze, March 2003.

Polari (or alternatively Parlare, Parlary, Palare, Palarie, Palari; om Italian parlare, “to talk”) is a form of nt slang ed Bra by actors, circ and fairground showmen, merchant navy sailors, crimals, prostut, and the gay subculture. As many homosexual men worked theatril entertament was also ed among the gay subculture, at a time when homosexual activy was illegal, to disguise homosexuals om hostile outsirs and unrver policemen.

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It was also ed extensively the Brish Merchant Navy, where many gay men joed ocean lers and cise ships as waers, stewards and entertaers.

[9] On one hand, would be ed as a means of ver to allow gay subjects to be discsed aloud whout beg unrstood; on the other hand, was also ed by some, particularly the most visibly mp and effemate, as a further way of assertg their inty. Polari had begun to fall to dise amongst the gay subculture by the late 1960s.

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The populary of the Julian and Sandy characters played by Hugh Paddick and Kenh Williams ensured that some of this secret language beme public property, [12] and the gay liberatnists of the 1970s viewed as rather gradg and divisive as was often ed to gossip about, or cricise, others, as well as to discs sexual explos.

In addn, the need for a secret subculture cled wh the legalisatn of adult homosexual acts England and Wal 1967.

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