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.

Polari in use

(Taken from "Bona Law", a sketch from Round The Horne, written by Barry Took and Marty Feldman)

Related Topics:
Round The Horne - Barry Took - Marty Feldman

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"Omies and palones of the jury, vada well at the eek of the poor ome who stands before you, his lallies trembling."

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(Translation: "Men and women of the jury, look well at the face of the poor man who stands before you, his legs trembling.")

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"So bona to vada...oh you! Your lovely eek and your lovely riah." (Taken from "Piccadilly Palare", a song by musician Morrissey)

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(Translation: "So good to see...oh you! Your lovely face and your lovely hair.")

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"As freely ommes...we would zhoosh our riah, powder our eeks, climb into our bona new drag, don our batts and troll off to some bona bijou bar. In the bar we would stand around with our sisters, vada the bona cartes on the butch omme ajax who, if we fluttered our ogle riahs at him sweetly, might just troll over to offer a light for the unlit vogue clenched between our teeth." (Taken from the memoirs of renowned gay journalist Peter Burton, Parallel Lives)

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(Translation: "As young men...we would style our hair, powder our faces, climb into our fabulous new clothes, don our shoes and wander/walk off to some fabulous little bar. In the bar we would stand around with our gay companions, look at the fabulous genitals on the butch man nearby who, if we fluttered our eyelashes at him sweetly, might just wander/walk over to offer a light for the unlit cigarette clenched between our teeth.")

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