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. ”Until 1967, homosexual sex was illegal England and Wal.
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.
GAY SLANG: A SECRET LANGUAGE THAT BEGAN AS AN ACT OF DEFIANCE
* bbc gay lingo *
Fna Macdonald looks at a gay slang that beme a form of fiance.
WHAT DO BBC STAND FOR GAY DATG
The secret language beme a kd of verbal wk between gay men Bra durg the early 20th Century – allowg them to hi and to reveal at the same time.