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Polari is an innovative smartphone application designed to preserve and promote the endangered Polari language, historically used in the LGBTQ+ community. This educational app features a comprehensive index containing over 500 words and 40 key phrases, enabling users to explore this fascinating language in depth. The app makes learning about Polari accessible and engaging, allowing users to share phrases with friends and learn about the etymology of the words, connecting them to the rich history of LGBTQ+ culture. In addition to its extensive lexicon, Polari includes interactive features that encourage user participation. Users can suggest new words or phrases and even favorite entries to increase their visibility within the app's community. By utilizing modern technology, Polari helps to keep this unique language alive and relevant, making it an essential tool for anyone interested in LGBTQ+ history and linguistics.

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3.0.0
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iOS
Operating System
iOS 12.1.2
Additional Requirements
Requires iOS 6.1 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
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By Joseph Edward Richardson
Polari, a bold yet secretive part of Gay history, now instantly accessible from your pocket. The worlds first and only Polari smart phone app.

Polari*, a bold yet secretive part of Gay history, now instantly accessible from your pocket. The worlds first and only Polari smart phone app.

The most comprehensive Polari index and phrase book fuses one of the worlds most endangered languages with 21st century communications technology. This unique app contains an accurate A to Z of all 500 words and 40 authentic key phrases.

Introduce friends to this curious and humorous, gay language; share these weird and wonderful words and phrases, directly from the app, and help to keep Polari alive. Read the etymology to discover the history behind many of the words.

By owning this app you become a custodian of the language, literally holding its future in your hand. Through its new interactive features you can add words that may be missing, or be inventive and create new words and phrases to be submitted directly via the app. Favourite a word or phrase from the lexicon and see it rise in global popularity.

Polari app is a collaboration between the artist, Joseph Richardson, and Paul Baker, Professor of English Language and Linguistics. (Lancaster University)

*Polari in a nutshell

Polari was a secret form of language used mainly by gay men, lesbians and people who worked in the theatre. It was most often used in London and other UK cities with a gay sub-culture, and was popular between the 1930s and 1960s. It was introduced to a wider audience through a 1960s comedy radio programme, called Round The Horne. Apart from a few familiar words, it is hardly known today.

Professor Paul Baker (Lancaster University)

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