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Old 25-Jul-2007, 09:02
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Default Re: Polari
Polari declined in use in the UK in the 1960s; once homosexual acts were legal, there was less need for the code. However, some of the terms are used in everyday colloquial language like naff, balmoney and cottaging.
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