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How to chirpse in Polari, the lost language of queer men

Bona to vada your dolly eke

Nice to see your attractive face

Nice legs

Bona lallies

Is he so?

Is he gay?

Powder your face

Powder your eek

Zhooshing your riah with your martinis

Running your hands through your hair

Flutter your ogle riahs

Flutter your eyelashes

These days, the queer Englishman is spoilt for choice when it comes to courting. Blessed with a plethora of specialist apps and – if he’s really old school – bars, he has instant access to community and coitus alike. Of course, it wasn’t always this way. Until 1967, buggery was a crime. Nonetheless, buggery ensued, as did the campery and antics that make Britain’s queens some of the craftiest yet. How? Polari,

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