Tag: gay language

Maybe it's the first time that you've heard this kind of language and maybe because it's almost extinct. Polari was wide-spread in Britain until the 1970s. You must remember that being an active homosexual was against the law until the law was changed in 1967 and this was a way of talking so that people around you didn't have a clue about what you were talking about. The language was also commonly used by theater workers. It was a combination of words...