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Fantabulosa: Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang (Hardcover)

by Baker Paul (Editor)
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  • Hardcover: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. (17 Oct 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0826459617
  • ISBN-13: 978-0826459619
  • Product Dimensions: 19.9 x 14.3 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 311,888 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Polari has been the secret language of gay men and women through the twentieth century. But more than a language, Polari is an attitude. From the prisons and music halls of Edwardian England to American GIs, to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Polari has been used to laugh, bitch, gossip and cruise. Like all slang, Polari users coined an ever-changing vocabulary. Derived from words used by criminals, circus artists, beggars and prostitutes, it also employed Italian, Yiddish, French, rhyming slang and backslang. Since gay liberation, lesbian and gay slang has become less a language of concealment than a language of specialisation, though the tradition of camp remains. "Fantabulosa" presents a lexicon of Polari and a more general dictionary of lesbian and gay slang. If you don't yet know what vada the bona cartes on the ommee ajax, parkering ninty, a Mexican nightmare or a nellyectomy mean, then this is the book for you.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars How bona to vada a dolly book!, 19 May 2004
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Great fun. Old recordings of 'Round the Horne' have me in stitches and now I can work out what J&S are REALLY saying its an even greater pleasure. Here's to keeping away from dirty dishes! :-) Buy the book and you'll find out what I mean.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and easy., 14 Jun 2003
By Martin P. O'Keefe (London, England.) - See all my reviews
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This is a very accessible, easy to read book of which I haven't seen anything similar. Ideal for dipping into, I often find myself just reading page after page. The section on polari is particularly informative, especially considering that it is a form of language that most people really do not have a lot of knowledge about. The best side effect of this book I find, is realising that you are picking up the best words and phrases and using them in daily speech! A fun read.
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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantabulosa just says it all, 13 Jan 2003
This is one of my best buys in a long long time. I can't stress the humour and generally useful information available in this little book. It explains everything from 'Homosexual' to a few scary sounding sexual practices. So if you've ever been asked to do something you've never heard of and aren't sure if you want to, you can check in here. This book has had everyone I have shown it to laughing out loud within seconds of opening a random page.

This book provides invaluable information to any LGBT person as well as Heterosexuals looking into this wonderful community, while keeping a sense of humour and not getting too deep, which is easily done.

This is really a must buy for everybody. Everybody I know will be getting this book for their birthdays for the next year.

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