polari

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A cant used by the Romani people in the theatre, fairgrounds, and circuses of Britain
A cant used by the homosexual community in Britain, in the London fishmarkets, and in the theatre, 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
To talk
{i} unique English argot in use since the 18th century between groups of theatre and circus performers and was used in some gay communities in Britain in the 1950s and 1960s
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