POLARI

• What is polari?

  language from Gay men when it was illegal to be homosexual. It was a very old form of slang used by criminals, sailors etc
• it was a secret, informal form of communication used by relatively powerless groups of people judged ton be on the wrong side of the law, so it was never written down or recorded
• bona - good

  cod - awful

  dish - anus/bum

  dolly - pretty

  naff - awful

  lily (law) - the police

  riah - hair (backslang)

  trade - sex partner