Polari
Polari (or alternatively Palare, from Italian parlare, "to talk") was a form of cant slang used in the gay subculture in Britain in the 1950s and 1960s.
External links
- Julian and Sandy feature on Kenneth Williams Website
- Article on Polari with bibliography
- FAQ and Information about the book: Polari, the Lost Language of Gay Men, by Paul Baker (2002) London: Routledge.
- Hugh Young's Lexicon of Polari
- "World Wide Words" column on the use of Polari in Round the Horne
- The Polari Bible
- Colin Richardson, The Guardian, 17 January 2005, "What brings you trolling back, then?"
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