Polari English

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What does Polari mean?

Polari properNoun

— A cant used by the homosexual community in Britain, in the London fishmarkets, and in the theatre, attested since at least the 19th century and popularised in the 1950s and 1960s by the camp characters Julian and Sandy in the popular BBC radio show Round the Horne.

— Gay community slang

polari verb

— (Polari) To talk.