HORNE: Don't you mean Polaris?
JULIAN: No, the Polari. The missile minces up to Moscow and then it's "Спокойной ночи, товарищ". That's your actual Russian for "bona nochy"...
JULIAN: No, the Polari. The missile minces up to Moscow and then it's "Спокойной ночи, товарищ". That's your actual Russian for "bona nochy"...
November 3, 2026 at 2:37 PM
HORNE: Don't you mean Polaris?
JULIAN: No, the Polari. The missile minces up to Moscow and then it's "Спокойной ночи, товарищ". That's your actual Russian for "bona nochy"...
JULIAN: No, the Polari. The missile minces up to Moscow and then it's "Спокойной ночи, товарищ". That's your actual Russian for "bona nochy"...
HORNE: So what are you working on at the moment?
SANDY: We've just decided on the name for the new submarine missile - the Polari.
SANDY: We've just decided on the name for the new submarine missile - the Polari.
November 3, 2026 at 2:37 PM
HORNE: So what are you working on at the moment?
SANDY: We've just decided on the name for the new submarine missile - the Polari.
SANDY: We've just decided on the name for the new submarine missile - the Polari.
Polari, Julian? On Top of the Pops?? Well really!
October 30, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Polari, Julian? On Top of the Pops?? Well really!
Start at Polari Polaris, then follow the thread right through to Polari Clockwork Orange 🧡
With apologies to @dreadships.bsky.social
HORNE: A few years ago, I had occasion to visit the Air Ministry for a reason of interest to Her Majesty's Government that I am not at liberty to discuss.
HORNE: A few years ago, I had occasion to visit the Air Ministry for a reason of interest to Her Majesty's Government that I am not at liberty to discuss.
November 3, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Start at Polari Polaris, then follow the thread right through to Polari Clockwork Orange 🧡
As it happens, I do have a polari version of the opening to A Clockwork Orange just kicking about...
(call it A Clockwork Aranji)
(call it A Clockwork Aranji)
November 3, 2026 at 4:04 PM
As it happens, I do have a polari version of the opening to A Clockwork Orange just kicking about...
(call it A Clockwork Aranji)
(call it A Clockwork Aranji)
With apologies to @dreadships.bsky.social
HORNE: A few years ago, I had occasion to visit the Air Ministry for a reason of interest to Her Majesty's Government that I am not at liberty to discuss.
HORNE: A few years ago, I had occasion to visit the Air Ministry for a reason of interest to Her Majesty's Government that I am not at liberty to discuss.
November 3, 2026 at 2:37 PM
With apologies to @dreadships.bsky.social
HORNE: A few years ago, I had occasion to visit the Air Ministry for a reason of interest to Her Majesty's Government that I am not at liberty to discuss.
HORNE: A few years ago, I had occasion to visit the Air Ministry for a reason of interest to Her Majesty's Government that I am not at liberty to discuss.
We are thrilled to see that EAT THE ONES YOU LOVE has been shortlisted for the 2026 Polari Prize! Huge congratulations @griffski.bsky.social! 🎉🌱
November 3, 2026 at 1:23 PM
We are thrilled to see that EAT THE ONES YOU LOVE has been shortlisted for the 2026 Polari Prize! Huge congratulations @griffski.bsky.social! 🎉🌱
Editors note: Rhi barely knows any Polari without cross referencing it
November 1, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Editors note: Rhi barely knows any Polari without cross referencing it
we're gonna have to start talking in polari again to get around it
November 1, 2026 at 7:28 PM
we're gonna have to start talking in polari again to get around it
October 30, 2026 at 5:05 PM
I... was not expecting to see some lovely usage of polari today, no. Good lord. The only way to improve it would be for it to have been photographed from a Canberra.
November 3, 2026 at 4:37 PM
I... was not expecting to see some lovely usage of polari today, no. Good lord. The only way to improve it would be for it to have been photographed from a Canberra.
The Polari Prize is back this year apparently 🧐 was anyone else aware of this?
No transphobes on the list this year to the best of my knowledge...
No transphobes on the list this year to the best of my knowledge...
November 3, 2026 at 11:08 AM
The Polari Prize is back this year apparently 🧐 was anyone else aware of this?
No transphobes on the list this year to the best of my knowledge...
No transphobes on the list this year to the best of my knowledge...
I'm guessing those who flirt with the lady shoppers parking their bottoms, but could be Polari based slang
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polari
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polari
Polari - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 1, 2026 at 7:19 AM
I'm guessing those who flirt with the lady shoppers parking their bottoms, but could be Polari based slang
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polari
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polari
By his early life in London I’d guess Yiddish or Irish. It’s certainly not Polari
October 31, 2026 at 1:37 PM
By his early life in London I’d guess Yiddish or Irish. It’s certainly not Polari
She uses other polari words, so I think this could be an addition to traditional polari from the 70s / 80s. She also says if a trans woman has gender reassignment surgery, that is she 'having the baby' 😊
October 31, 2026 at 11:03 AM
She uses other polari words, so I think this could be an addition to traditional polari from the 70s / 80s. She also says if a trans woman has gender reassignment surgery, that is she 'having the baby' 😊
Not even slang - I'd never really thought about "glitch" or "klutz" or "nosh" or "shlep" or "schmaltz(y)" or "schtick" as Jewish Words. In fact until I looked some up just now I would probably have guessed "nosh" was Polari.
November 2, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Not even slang - I'd never really thought about "glitch" or "klutz" or "nosh" or "shlep" or "schmaltz(y)" or "schtick" as Jewish Words. In fact until I looked some up just now I would probably have guessed "nosh" was Polari.
Fondly remembering the time I asked to speak in Thieves Cant in a D&D game and got served with “go on, then”
“What, like… Do it?”
“You didn’t prepare anything???”
“Uhhhhhhhh”
“You know a bit of Polari, do that”
“Yes, but YOU DON’T”
“What, like… Do it?”
“You didn’t prepare anything???”
“Uhhhhhhhh”
“You know a bit of Polari, do that”
“Yes, but YOU DON’T”
November 1, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Fondly remembering the time I asked to speak in Thieves Cant in a D&D game and got served with “go on, then”
“What, like… Do it?”
“You didn’t prepare anything???”
“Uhhhhhhhh”
“You know a bit of Polari, do that”
“Yes, but YOU DON’T”
“What, like… Do it?”
“You didn’t prepare anything???”
“Uhhhhhhhh”
“You know a bit of Polari, do that”
“Yes, but YOU DON’T”