An troductn to Polari, the old Brish gay slang, cludg a word list.
Contents:
- POLARI: THE LANGUAGE GAY MEN ED TO SURVIVE
- GAY SLANG: A SECRET LANGUAGE THAT BEGAN AS AN ACT OF DEFIANCE
- WHAT DO BBC STAND FOR GAY DATG
POLARI: THE LANGUAGE GAY MEN ED TO SURVIVE
On the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offenc Act Bra, Fna Macdonald looks at a gay slang that beme a form of fiance. * bbc gay lingo *
Polari was spoken to skirt the UK’s strict anti-homosexualy laws. ”That may seem like a strg of nonsense words om Dr Sss’s The Cat the Hat or Anthony Burgs’s A Clockwork Orange but ’s a real-life greetg gay men the UK would say to each other the 1950s and 60s.
GAY SLANG: A SECRET LANGUAGE THAT BEGAN AS AN ACT OF DEFIANCE
* bbc gay lingo *
”Until 1967, homosexual sex was illegal England and Wal.
WHAT DO BBC STAND FOR GAY DATG
To avoid imprisonment, gay men ed Polari, a language that the Oxford English Dictnary says is “ma up of Italianate phras, rhymg slang and nt terms. (Image cred: Alamy)Fifty years ago, the Sexual Offenc Act beme law, crimalisg homosexual acts that took place private between two men over the age of 21. Fna Macdonald looks at a gay slang that beme a form of fiance.