Polarin.

Brit.

/pəˈlɑːri/, U.S.

/pəˈlɑri/

Forms:

α. 1800s pallary, 1900s– palare, 1900s– palarey, 1900s– palari, 1900s– palary, 1900s– parlare, 1900s– parlari, 1900s– parlary, 1900s– polari.

β. 1900s– parlyaree Brit. /ˌpɑːlɪˈɑːri/, U.S. /ˌpɑrliˈɑri/.

Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: polari v.

Etymology: < polari v. Compare nante palari phr.The form parlyaree may have been influenced by Italian parlare (see parle v.) in inflected forms such as parliamo let us speak. The change during the 20th cent. to a preference for forms in po- is unexplained.

Originally and chiefly British.

A form of slang incorporating Italianate words, rhyming slang, cant terms, and other elements of vocabulary, which originated in England in the 18th and 19th centuries as a kind of secret language within various groups, including sailors, vagrants, circus people, entertainers, etc. Also occasionally more generally (slang): talk, patter.In the mid 20th cent. a form of the language was taken up by some homosexuals, esp. in London.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon > used by other groups

indenture Englisha1568

water language1702

jockeyism1802

slum1812

Polari1846

stable-language1856

scientificism1860

water-slang1860

Oxfordish1863

galley-slang1867

pitmatic1885

commercialese1910

legalese1911

academese1917

Hollywoodese1920

businessese1921

Hollywoodism1925

trade unionese1927

advertisingese1929

officese1935

sociologese1940

Whitehallese1940

Newspeak1949

patter1949

Pentagonese1950

educationese1958

computerese1960

managementese1961

spacespeak1963

computer-speak1968

techno-jargon1972

business-speak1973

Eurospeak1975

Euro-jargon1976

technospeak1976

doctorspeak1977

corporate-speak1978

medspeak1979

mellowspeak1979

technobabble1981

teenspeak1982

management-speak1986

codespeak1987

α.

1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 66 Vell, vell, young man, I dosent doubt your pallary.

1952 W. Granville Dict. Theatr. Terms 132 Parlyaree (occasionally parlary). Little is known about this language which has neither accidence nor syntax of its own but is built on a base of Italian words and phrases, whereon cant terms and illiteracies are piled.

1966 B. Took & M. Feldman in B. Took & M. Coward Best of ‘Round The Horne’ (2000) 120/1 That's fine period dialogue that is. Mouthful of knuckles—that's nice parlare for a medieval bishop.

1967 K. Williams Diary 28 Mar. (1993) 300 We walked right into Dennis ‘My dear I know Danny La Rue terribly well..& introduced Tennessee Williams to loads of trade’ etc. etc. & so we got landed with the round of drinks and the polari.

1990 Vox Dec. 7 That Mozzer, 'e's got the parlare, y'know. Hmm, wonder where 'e picks it up?

2004 Independent on Sunday 12 Dec. 13/6 At the launch of the eye-wateringly decadent Burlesque Bazaar last Thursday, staff were chatting away happily in Polari.

β. 1933 E. Partridge Slang To-day & Yesterday iii. 223 Until about the end of the eighteenth century, actors were so despised that, in self-protection, they had certain words that, properly, should be described as cant and were actually known as Parlyaree.1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 June 412/3 Circus slang is a nineteenth-century offshoot from the Parlyaree of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.1960 Spectator 11 Mar. 355 The canting jargon of the Victorian fairgrounds known as ‘parlyaree’.1993 J. Green It: Sex since Sixties 157 We had our own language, parlyaree, which we used on a daily basis.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

polariv.

Brit.

/pəˈlɑːri/, U.S.

/pəˈlɑri/

Forms: 1800s pallary, 1800s– palarie, 1900s– palari, 1900s– plarey, 1900s– polari, 1900s– polary.

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian parlare.

Etymology: < Italian parlare to speak (see parle v.). Compare Polari n., nante palari phr.In form plarey with syncope of the first syllable.

British slang and cant. Now rare.

intransitive. To talk, speak, esp. in Polari, slang, or cant. Also transitive: to say in this way.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > a language > register > [verb (intransitive)] > use (current) slang

cant1648

to patter (in) flash1811

polari1846

1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 59 Owen's mot! I'll pallary to her.

1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 77 The chanting cadger stalls the chummy's daughter off to a single padded lumber; ranks her of five bob and a bender;..palaries sweat patter, and nobbs on for more blunt.

1893 P. H. Emerson Signor Lippo xx. 91 She looked for all the world like a gippo, and she knew all the cant, and used to palarie thick to the slaveys.

1977 Gay News 2 June 23/1 In the bar we could stand around polarying with our sisters... We liked to think that no one knew what we were talking about as we polaried away to each other.

1997 J. Gardiner Who's a Pretty Boy Then? 123 ‘So sister,’ I polaried. ‘Will you take a varder at the cartz on the feely-omi in the naf strides.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	polari
释义	Polarin. Brit. /pəˈlɑːri/, U.S. /pəˈlɑri/ Forms: α. 1800s pallary, 1900s– palare, 1900s– palarey, 1900s– palari, 1900s– palary, 1900s– parlare, 1900s– parlari, 1900s– parlary, 1900s– polari. β. 1900s– parlyaree Brit. /ˌpɑːlɪˈɑːri/, U.S. /ˌpɑrliˈɑri/. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: polari v. Etymology: < polari v. Compare nante palari phr.The form parlyaree may have been influenced by Italian parlare (see parle v.) in inflected forms such as parliamo let us speak. The change during the 20th cent. to a preference for forms in po- is unexplained. Originally and chiefly British. A form of slang incorporating Italianate words, rhyming slang, cant terms, and other elements of vocabulary, which originated in England in the 18th and 19th centuries as a kind of secret language within various groups, including sailors, vagrants, circus people, entertainers, etc. Also occasionally more generally (slang): talk, patter.In the mid 20th cent. a form of the language was taken up by some homosexuals, esp. in London. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > jargon > used by other groups indenture Englisha1568 water language1702 jockeyism1802 slum1812 Polari1846 stable-language1856 scientificism1860 water-slang1860 Oxfordish1863 galley-slang1867 pitmatic1885 commercialese1910 legalese1911 academese1917 Hollywoodese1920 businessese1921 Hollywoodism1925 trade unionese1927 advertisingese1929 officese1935 sociologese1940 Whitehallese1940 Newspeak1949 patter1949 Pentagonese1950 educationese1958 computerese1960 managementese1961 spacespeak1963 computer-speak1968 techno-jargon1972 business-speak1973 Eurospeak1975 Euro-jargon1976 technospeak1976 doctorspeak1977 corporate-speak1978 medspeak1979 mellowspeak1979 technobabble1981 teenspeak1982 management-speak1986 codespeak1987 α. 1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 66 Vell, vell, young man, I dosent doubt your pallary. 1952 W. Granville Dict. Theatr. Terms 132 Parlyaree (occasionally parlary). Little is known about this language which has neither accidence nor syntax of its own but is built on a base of Italian words and phrases, whereon cant terms and illiteracies are piled. 1966 B. Took & M. Feldman in B. Took & M. Coward Best of ‘Round The Horne’ (2000) 120/1 That's fine period dialogue that is. Mouthful of knuckles—that's nice parlare for a medieval bishop. 1967 K. Williams Diary 28 Mar. (1993) 300 We walked right into Dennis ‘My dear I know Danny La Rue terribly well..& introduced Tennessee Williams to loads of trade’ etc. etc. & so we got landed with the round of drinks and the polari. 1990 Vox Dec. 7 That Mozzer, 'e's got the parlare, y'know. Hmm, wonder where 'e picks it up? 2004 Independent on Sunday 12 Dec. 13/6 At the launch of the eye-wateringly decadent Burlesque Bazaar last Thursday, staff were chatting away happily in Polari. β. 1933 E. Partridge Slang To-day & Yesterday iii. 223 Until about the end of the eighteenth century, actors were so despised that, in self-protection, they had certain words that, properly, should be described as cant and were actually known as Parlyaree.1933 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 June 412/3 Circus slang is a nineteenth-century offshoot from the Parlyaree of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.1960 Spectator 11 Mar. 355 The canting jargon of the Victorian fairgrounds known as ‘parlyaree’.1993 J. Green It: Sex since Sixties 157 We had our own language, parlyaree, which we used on a daily basis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). polariv. Brit. /pəˈlɑːri/, U.S. /pəˈlɑri/ Forms: 1800s pallary, 1800s– palarie, 1900s– palari, 1900s– plarey, 1900s– polari, 1900s– polary. Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian parlare. Etymology: < Italian parlare to speak (see parle v.). Compare Polari n., nante palari phr.In form plarey with syncope of the first syllable. British slang and cant. Now rare. intransitive. To talk, speak, esp. in Polari, slang, or cant. Also transitive: to say in this way. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > register > [verb (intransitive)] > use (current) slang cant1648 to patter (in) flash1811 polari1846 1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 59 Owen's mot! I'll pallary to her. 1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 77 The chanting cadger stalls the chummy's daughter off to a single padded lumber; ranks her of five bob and a bender;..palaries sweat patter, and nobbs on for more blunt. 1893 P. H. Emerson Signor Lippo xx. 91 She looked for all the world like a gippo, and she knew all the cant, and used to palarie thick to the slaveys. 1977 Gay News 2 June 23/1 In the bar we could stand around polarying with our sisters... We liked to think that no one knew what we were talking about as we polaried away to each other. 1997 J. Gardiner Who's a Pretty Boy Then? 123 ‘So sister,’ I polaried. ‘Will you take a varder at the cartz on the feely-omi in the naf strides.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : polari-comb. form < n.1846v.1846 see also
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