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    Polari (from Italian parlare 'to talk') is a form of slang or cant historically used in Britain by some actors, circus and fairground showmen, professional wrestlers, merchant navy sailors, criminals and sex workers, and particularly among the gay subculture. There is some debate about its origins, but it … See more

    Alternative spellings include Parlare, Parlary, Palare, Palarie and Palari. See more

    Polari is a mixture of Romance (Italian or Mediterranean Lingua Franca), Romani, rhyming slang, sailors' slang and thieves' cant, … See more

    James Thomson added a glossary of words he thought "obsolete" in his 1825 work The Seasons and Castle of Indolence. He … See more

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    From the 19th century on, Polari was used in London fish markets, theatres, fairgrounds, and circuses, hence the many borrowings from Romani. As many homosexual men … See more

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    • Baker, Paul (2002). Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang. London: Continuum. ISBN 0-8264-5961-7.
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  2. Polari: The code language gay men used to survive - BBC

  3. WEBMar 25, 2016 · Called Polari, the gay slang is composed of back slang, circus slang, and broken Yiddish and Italian.

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  6. WEBJun 2, 2024 · Gifting many of its terms to British, modern LGBT and mainstream slang, much of Polari’s vocabulary is about sex culture, from nouns for sex organs (like baggaga for “penis”) to terms for specific sex …

  7. WEBFeb 8, 2017 · So what was Polari and how did it end up in an evening prayer? Polari is a secret language, which has now largely fallen out of use, but was historically spoken by gay men and female...

  8. Polari, a secret language used by gay men in Britain …

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  16. The Forgotten Secret Language of Gay Men - Atlas Obscura

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  18. Polari: The Lost Language of Gay Men - Lancaster University

  19. How Polari Redefined Food Words Within Queer Circles - Eater

  20. Fantabulosa : a dictionary of Polari and gay slang - Archive.org