| LC control no. | sh2002010434 |
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| Topical heading | Polari |
| See also | English language--Slang Gay men--Language Languages, Secret |
| Found in | Work cat.: Baker, P. Polari, the lost language of gay men, 2002: p. 1 (a secret language mainly used by gay men and lesbians, in London and other UK cities with an establshed gay subculture, in the first 70 or so years of the twentieth century) p. 7 (polari had roots in the theatre; there were numerous actors or actresses who knew of it, or used it, but would not normally have been identified as gay. Polari was not just a gay male phenomenon; to a lesser extent, lesbians have been reported as using it) Concise dict. of slang and unconventional English, 1989: Appendix, p. 529 (Parlyaree. The 'Lingua Franca' vocabulary of C.18-20 actors and mid-C.19-20 costermongers and showmen. Since ca. 1970 'gay' slang has come to be known in raffish, homosexual circles, as polari) Green, J. Cassell's dict. of slang, 1998 (parlyaree / palari / palarie / panarly / parlary / polari. Theatrical slang; it is still extant in gay use) OED online, Oct. 1, 2002 (Parlyaree. A form of slang used by actors and showmen, particularly in the 18th and 19th centuries, and characterized by Italianate vocabulary) |
| Not found in | Web. 3; Amer. heritage dict. |
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