OXFORD 9000
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Polari

/pəˈlɑːri/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
polari
A cant used in the London fishmarkets, in the British theatre, and by the gay community in Britain, attested since at least the 19th century and popularised in the 1950s and 1960s by the camp characters Julian and Sandy in the popular BBC radio show Round the Horne.
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