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Fantabulosa: Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang

by Paul Baker - £31.99  continuum (2004)
paperback    ISBN 13: 9780826473431 | ISBN 10: 0826473431

Polari has been the secret language of gay men and women through the twentieth century. But more than a language, Polari is an attitude. From the prisons and music halls of Edwardian England to Kenneth Williams, American GIs in London and the sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Polari has been used to laugh, bitch, gossip and cruise.
 
Since gay liberation, lesbian and gay slang has become less a language of concealment than a language of specialization, though the tradition of camp remains. With carefully researched and comprehensive entries, Fantabulosa presents a lexicon of Polari and a more general dictionary of gay and lesbian slang. Informative, humorous and shocking by turns, this dictionary makes for an eye-opening and highlty addictive read.

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