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.
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- GAY HISTORY: HOW BONA TO VADA YOUR EEK! POLARI – THE GAY LGO
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* 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.
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An troductn to Polari, the old Brish gay slang, cludg a word list. * fantabulosa a dictionary of polari and gay slang *
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. A refully rearched and entertag read, The Dictnary of Polari and Gay Slang prents a lexin of Polari and a more general dictnary of lbian and gay slang. Polari - Brish gay slang.
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Polari (also seen as 'Palare') is a gay slang language, which. It was more mon the 1960's when gays had more need of a private. A few words like 'bona' n still be seen gay publitns, ed.
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"Gay talk, a (sometim outrageo) dictnary of gay slang" by Bce Rodgers,. A tailed dictnary of gay slang om all over the world, which.
"Polari: The Lost Language of Gay Men, London, Routledge" by Baker, J. "Fantabulosa: A Dictnary of Polari and Gay Slang" by Baker, J. Seafarg Life for Gay Men 1945-1990.
"Broadstg : an encyclopaedia of homosexualy. (Cassell lbian and gay studi 1993, ISBN 0 304 32702 6). "The Margs of the Cy: Gay Men's Urban Liv", ed.
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Contas "Gayspeak, the Lguistic Frge: Bona Polari, Camp,. "The Homosexual Society" by R Hser,.
a mory - the homosexual society".
"Impertent Dem: Gay Theatril Manovr" by Ian Lus.
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"Gay Tim" magaze, January 2001 - mentns this page. "Gayspeak" by Mary McIntosh, "Lunch" issue 16, January 1973.
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. A refully rearched and entertag read, Fantabulosa prents a lexin of Polari and a more general dictnary of lbian and gay slang.
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Polari speakers mped up a storm, om Wt End chos boys and office workers to East End gay liberatn, lbian and gay slang has bee ls a language of ncealment than a language of specializatn, though the tradn of mp remas.
" -- 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. 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.