Talk:Polari

A strange feature is that words may be of gay slang or theatrical slang and not necessarily be palare. For example: beard is a woman accompanying a gay man, super is an extra in a play or a film - neither words are polaris. Some common words in polaris are: bona: good (from the Italian).

eek: face.

riah: hair (backslang).

clobber: clothes, now in common usuage.

palone: woman.

omi: man.

omipalone: homosexual, combination of omi and palone.

donna: woman also, from the Italian.

naph/naff: not very good, now in common British usuage.

troll : walk (from stroll), used but not commonly.

mince : effeminate walk, used but not commonly. A homosexual may be described as a mincer.

Some Polari word derive from Occitan through Lingua franca: for example omi from òme (man), bijou from pichon (small, pronounced like pee-tchoo).