This page gathers the 31 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Polari” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry.
- -ette suffix Used to form nouns with a Polari context or an association with gay subculture.
- ajax prep Nearby, over there
- aunt nell noun An ear.
- badge-cove noun An old person; a senior citizen.
- batt noun A shoe.
- bijou adj Small; little.
- blag verb To meet and seduce (someone) for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation; to pick up.
- bona adj Good.
- carsey noun A house.
- cartes noun A penis.
- charver verb To have sex with; to fuck.
- chicken noun A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk.
- cod adj Bad.
- cottage verb To have homosexual sex in a public lavatory; to practice cottaging.
- cove noun Friend; mate.
- dolly adj Pretty; attractive.
- eek noun A face.
- fake the fatcha verb To shave one's face.
- feely noun A child; a young person.
- funt noun Pound sterling: the currency of Great Britain; money generally.
- glaze noun A window.
- jogger verb To play.
- lupper noun A finger.
- naff adj Bad; tasteless, poorly thought out, not workable.
- nosh verb To perform fellatio (on); to blow.
- ogle noun An eye.
- sheitel noun A wig (of any kind).
- strillers noun A musical instrument, especially a piano.
- vada verb To look (at), to see.
- vogue verb To light a cigarette for (someone).
- your mother pron I, me