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Dearest sisters,
I have enclosed what is the most comprehensive dictionary of campslang and`true parlary I could compile. I have used numerous sourcesincluding even more numerous old queens of my aquaintance and Iwould hope it will be a source of study for the sisters, not onlydo I see ourselves as political campaigners, but as guardian's ofthe parlary, as there are increasingly few fluent speakers - andit would be a tragedy if the language died out.
Harking back todear old Julian and Sandy, very few words in their vocabulary weretrue Parlary, a lot of it was East-end back slang and low Londoncolloquial, therefore I feel this gave me a mandate for addingcertain very camp articles of Low London slang to my compilation,although most of the non parlary terms are of theatrical originand would of been the common parlance of queens past. I thereforefeel that the traditions have been maintained.
So sisters, cant the parlary in the Bungeries, cant theparlary in the charvering carseys and the drags. One lexiconperoney and the bona lavs of dolly parlary can be detected by thehearing cheats of all those incognitos and margeries in Eine.Tell your bencoves and beanpeas, when acting the bougereau qualityor doing the rights, our lavs of parlary will bespangle us likenatty fakements, and do the rights to all those mace gloaks whocant the naf, and still expect the parkering ninty of the high campexistence.
Be bold sisters, and have a multa palaver,
ACTING DICKEY: A term of theatrical origin, now applicable forany work of a temorary nature, for example standing in forsomeone else, i.e. 'Temping'.
ADDLE COVE: A fool, an idiot, one who's brain is addled.
ADDLE PLOT: Spoilsport, kiljoy. Of low London origin.
ALGIE: A young and aristocratic fellow, ex. the popular Upper classname of Algernon.
ALL OVER GRUMBLE: Naff and inferior. Drawing nothing but complaint.
ALL WIND AND PISS: All talk and no action, something that IS neverto materialise.
AND NO FLIES!: An expletive, it means Honestly! or I'm tellingthe truth!
AND NO MOGUE?; The companion of the above, as a term it means"Honestly?", or "Are you telling the truth?"
B - FLAT OMIE: Rhyming slang coupled with true parlary, it meansa fat man, as....
B - FLAT POLONE: means a fat woman.
BACK SLUMS (on the..): This term has modern usage meaning Back-rooms, or darkened sex rooms. It origlnally meant gambling dens and suchlike
BADGE COVE: Old age pensioners would you believe? this is the moderncounterpart to its original meaning.
BALA: Senseless talk, complete rubbish.
BATTERSEA'D (to have been..): Treated for V.D. There was once a major Pox hospital in Battersea, also one was rather likely to pick up the malaise In Battersea.
BATTYFANG: To hit and bite simultaneously, a very queenly form of aggression.
BEAK: magistrate
BEAK GANDER/ GANDERBEAK: A high court judge.
BEANO: A slap up meal, a real feast - hence the comic title.
BEANPEA: A young homosexual, showing queenly tendencies.
BEAU-NASTY: One that appears well dressed and smart but is infact unwashed and rather unwholesome.
BEEF: To Shout and yell.
BENCOVE: A very close friend, a bosom buddy.
BEVIE: In strictest parlary, this means a public house, and whenspelt BEVVY it means a drink. The term BEVVY became included inlabourers slang, and consequently passed into popular usage,but it is true parlary, and really means a pub, not a drink.
BEXLEYS: Teeth R.Sl. (Bexley Heath - teeth).
BIDDY: A bath. This term has also come to he used for an old lady,but this is erroneous, the original meant a young girl, ex. thepopular name Biddy amongst chamber maids etc.
BILLINGSGATE: Foul language, ex. the shocking vocabulary usedamongst the fishwives at Billingsgate market.
BILLY DOO: A love letter, a corruption of the French; BilletDoux.
BIMPH: A wonderfully infantile term meaning Lavatory paper.
BINGEY: The male member.
BINT: A tart, a prostitute. Literally meaning a good time
BIT OF HARD: Trade, sex partner (male).
BITTER GATER: A most noxious cocktail, or Gin and beer or Lager.
BLOB (on the): menstruation, on the monthly period.
BLOKE: Man, any fellow.
BLOW THE GROUNDSELS: To partake of the sexual act outdoors.
BODY SLANGS: Fetters, bindings etc. bondage equipment.
BOG: Lavatory.
BOKE: Nose, a corruption of the pugilistic BOKO.
BOLUS: Chemist or pharmacist, ex. the enormous pills known as BOLUS
BONA: Good, pleasant, of the best quality
BONO: Very, extremely. of the same parlary derivation as BONA
BONAROBA: A harlot, a common prostitute.
BONAOMIE: Ones lover, or regular sex partner
BONA NOCHY: Goodnight.
BOOTH: In parlary this means room, not just a small room, butany room. For example you could have a Charvering Booth whichwould translate as a sex room
BORETTOMITE: One who is dominant in the act of anal sex.
BOUGEREAU QUALITY: Risky effeminacy when it is either dissaprovedof, or inappropriate.
BOYNO!: A greeting - Hello!
BRADS: Money, currency.
BROAD FAKER: An exeptional card player.
BRUMMAGEN: Anything cheap, gawdy or tacky. Ex. the time when anythingmade in Birmingham was cheap, gawdy and tacky.
BUCKLE BOSOM: A police constable.
BUFE: Dog (?)
BULGINE: An engine or motor.
BULLY FAKE: A piece of luck.
BUNG: A pub landlord, or landlady.
BUNGERY: A Public house.
BUVARE:(Trisyllabic) Anything drinkable, from the true parlary.
BUZZ: A drain, or to drain.
BUZZGLOAK: A pickpocket or thief.
CACKLE: Idle talk.
CACKLING COVE: An actor
CACKLING FART: An egg.
CACKAGE: Excrement.
CANT: To speak, see also PALARE, and PALAVER.
CARAVANSERA: A rail station (B.R. or L.U.)
CAROON: A £1 coin.
CARSEY: A house, or any sort of building. This is as opposed toones home which is of course a LATTIE.
CARSEY ( or more correctly CAUSEY): A lavatory or Latrine.
CATCHPOLE: A Policeman.
CATEVER: A queer affair (?).
CAVE!: Beware!
CAXTON: A wig (Theatrical terminology).
CHAFFING CRIB: Ones boudoir.
CHAR: One who performs menial tasks i.e. A char lady.
CHARPERING OMIE: A policeman.
CHARPERING CARSEY: A police station.
CHARVER: To have sex.
CHAVVY: A child, male or female.
CLINK: Prison.
COL: Finances.
CONISH: Genteel.
COP BUNG!: It's a raid!!
CORYBUNGUS: Ones posterior.
COVE: A man, companion, etc.
COVEY (my..): A term of endearment.
CRASHING CHEATS: Teeth.
CROAKER'S CHOVEY: A Chemists shop.
CROCUS: A doctor.
DAFFIER: A heavy Gin drinker.
DAFFY: Intoxicated with Gin.
DIDDLE: Archaic term for Girl.
DIDDLE SLUM: Off licence. Also known as DIDDLE COVE, and of course,DIDDLE CARSEY.
DILLY BAG: Small bag, like a clutch bag where one keeps oneFakements (cf.).
DILLY BOY: Male prostitute, rent boy. The term arises from acorruption of Piccadilly boy.
DINARLEE: Money, personal finances.
DINGE QUEEN: A modern and somewhat controversial term meaningone who is sexually attracted almost exclusively to Blacks. Cf. SNOWQUEEN .
DIPPING BLOKE: A pickpoket in the traditional sense of the term,but modern usage suggests a promiscuous sexual adventurer.
DO THE GRACEFUL: Behave in a correct manner, adhere to expectations.
DO THE HANDSOME: Behave in an honourable fashion.
DO THE RIGHTS: Exact revenge.
DOLLY: Dear, much thought of, or delightful. Can mean much the sameas BONA (cf.)
DONA: Classy or elevated lady, also one of the female gender who ishighly thought of by the speaker.
DORCAS: A term of endearment, meaning One who cares
DRAB(S): Medicine and drugs in general.
DRAG: Female attire worn for entertainment, or for gain, as opposedto TRANNY DRAG (cf).
DRAG: Road or highway. i.e. The old main drag (Piccadilly).
EASY MORT: An easy sexual conquest.
ECAF: Face.
EEK: The corrupted and more common form of the above.
EFINK: Knife or blade.
EINE: (Disylabic) The old parlary name for London.
EMAG: A plan, a game or a fiddle one is plotting.
FABE: Wonderfull, fabulous or brilliant. A more exuberant form ofBONA.
FANTABULOSA: The extended form of the above.
FAKE: To do anything, to perform any act, especially if of an illicitnature. For example, one may Fake a gam job , which would mean toperform fellatio.
FAKEMENTS: Cheap jewellery, accessories, and general paraphanalia.Anything in fact that the average queen may have about his person.
FAKER: A vendor or manufacturer. In fact a general suffix to onestrade or proffession; for example, a Dolly faker would be abeautician.
FAKES AND SLUMBOES: Ones worldly possesions, can also meanFlotsam and Jetsam .
FAMBLES: Hands.
FAMBLE CHEAT: A ring.
FAMBLER: A Glove.
FANG CARSEY: A Dentists surgery.
FANG FAKER or FANG CROCUS: A dentist.
FENCER: A salesman or Costermonger.
FARTING CRACKERS: Trousers.
FELCH: A particulary crude modernism meaning to lick seminal fluidsfrom the CORYBUNGUS (cf.) of one you have just RODGERED(cf.).
FENCER: Salesman, often fraudulent or illicit. i.e. the modern term;
PORN FENCER - A shopkeeper selling pornographic material.
FIGLIA: A child, FIGLIA OMIE being a little boy, and FIGLIA POLONEor FIGLIA MORT being a little girl.
FISH: A deprecating term meaning a woman, ex. the aroma.
FLOGGING CULLY: A queen addicted to being flogged as a form ofsexual tittilation.
FLOWERY: Any form of idle entertainment.
FOGRAMlTE: An excentric (usually male).
FOGUS: Tobacco.
FUNGUS: An old man, God only knows the origins of this one.
FUNT: The pound sterling, originally of Yiddish origin, thisbecame incorporated into parlary in the middle of the C19.
GAM JOB: The act of fellatio, or more precisely, a fellatiosession.
GARDY LOO!: Watch out! , a term originally employed when the nightsoil was chucked out of the window.
GET HER!: Would you believe it! , or Look at her! .
GEW GAW: A gaudy item, I tacky piece of extraneous kitsche.
GINNUMS: A Gin sodden old lady or old queen.
GRUMBLER: A single measure of spirits.
GUTTER CHAUNTER: A singing busker.
HEARING CHEAT: The ear.
HORTUS: The vagina, ex. Garden (i.e. bush etc.)
JERE: A turd, a stool.
KERTEVER CARTSO: Venereal disease, specifically syphillis, nowapplicable to H.I.V,
KHYBER (PASS): Arse, specifically the anus.
LADY DACRE'S WINE: Gin, ex. a character rather like BubblesRothermere.
LAG (1): A convict or one who is in prison.
LAG (2): To urinate, i.e. to go for a lag.
LALLY: Leg.
LATTIE: Ones abode, house but usually a flat.
LAV: Word, i.e. His lav was law .
LAVENDER COVE: A pawnbroker.
LEARYBLOKE: A showy dresser.
LELL: To take or sieze.
LETCH WATER: Precum.
LIBBAGE: A bed, anywhere where one sleeps.
LIL: A pocket book, more likely the little black book of legend.
LILY LAW: The law, and indeed the entire police force.
LING GRAPPLING: The sexual act.
LONG PIG: Human flesh, originally in a cannibalistic sense.
LUCODDY: Body.
LULLABY CHEAT: A Baby or infant.
MACE GLOAK/COVE/BLOKE: A swindler or a fraud.
MADGE COVE: A passive practitioner of sodomy.
MADZA: Half.
MANDRAKE: One who is dominant in anal sex. more rarely known as ?
MARGERY: An effeminate male who is generally not homosexual.
MEDZIES: Currency.
MINCE: To walk in an affected manner
MINGE/MINDJE: The female pudend, sometimes used to describee the anusin a sexual context.
MOEY: The mouth.
MOGUE: To mislead, a lie.
MOLLY: An effeminate homosexual (a queen(?))
MOLLYING: Anal sex.
MONTREL: A watch or clock.
MOT: A young woman, when intended purely sexually.
MUDGE: A hat.
MUFFLING CHEAT: A towel, handkerchief or napkin.
MULTA: Very, or a lot; the derivation is from the Italian Molto .
MULTEE: Extremely! an ejaculation.
MUNGAREE: Food and drink, victualls.
MUNGAREE CARSEY: Originally just a bakers shop, but now taken tomean any restaraunt or food shop.
MUNGE: Darkness.
NAF/ NAPH: Undesirable, unfashionable and passe
NANCY: A very camp individual.
NANCY OMIE: A queen.
NANTEE: No, not,nor etc.
NANTEE PALAVER!: Hold your tongue!
NANTEE PANARLY!: Be carefull!
NANTEE WORSTER: No worse.
NANTOISE: Denuded, very poor, inadequate or non-existant.
NATTY: Smart, clever etc.
OMIE: A man, often one of some importance, lowly fellows are apt tobe blokes , gloaks or coves if they command some affection.
PALATIC: Drunk.
PALAVER: To talk a lot, to gossip or merely in its other tense
PALAVERING: Conversing.
PARRAFIN LAMP: Tramp, a vagrant - low London rhyming slang.
PARKERING NINTY: Ones wages from gainfull employment.
PERONEY: For each man, a corruption of Per - Omie.
PEROON: A further corruption of the ahove.
PLATES ( OF MEAT): Feet.
POLONE: A woman, often of some standing as Mort or drab areused to describe the lowlier members of the sex.
QUEAN: (Often incorrectly spelt Queen) A high camp homosexual.
RATTLING COVE: A taxi driver.
REAM: Fellatio Ani
ROGER: To have intercourse, to fuck.
ROGERING CHEAT: The penis
SCARPER: To escape or run away (this is genuine high parlary that hasfallen into general usage).
SLUM: A room.
SMELLING CHEAT: A garden.
SOUL FAKER: A religious person, originally a member of the SalvationArmy, but now applicable to the born again
RIAH: Hair (I appreciate that this is not in alphabetical order but it isunbecoming to criticise).
STIFF: Paper.
STOMP/ STOMPING CARSEY: A discotheque or night club.
SWEAT CHOVEY: A Gymnasium, where weight training is undertaken.
THEWS: Arms.
THREE DRAGS AND A SPIT: A cigarette, also SPIT & DRAG (fag).
THUNDER BOX: A commode or chemical lavatory.
TITTIVATE: To prettify oneself.
TOFF OMIE: A sugardaddy.
TROLL: To walk or mince, often in persuit of sexual conquest.
TRUMICE: The posterior, ones behind.
TRUNDLING CHEAT: A car
TRUP TRUPS: The posterior, a childish version of TRUMICE.
VARDA or VARDO: To look at, to observe.
VARDERING CHEAT: The television.
YEWS: The eyes.
Our two friends, Pearl and Queenie, are going out to their localhostelry. Here we join them making preparations for the visit.
P: How's ya Dinarlee my Covey?
Q: Nantee Dorcas, I've naf parkering nintee from the old main drag,Too many morts peroon.
P: Oh it's all over grumble at the diddle slums. Nantee dinarlee,nantee trade and nantee catsey peroon.
Q: Ooh Pearl! that Bung's a Mace gloak! Always palatic. and putswater in the diddle.
P: Nantee panarly Oueenie! that's only the madza true
Q: I vardered 'im with me own yews, 'avin a lag in the Lady Dacre
P: Cave doll! let's troll down the Daffy mort's thews
Q: Bona gel, I'll cant the old fungus in the rattling cheat.
P: How are your finances fixed my fine man? .
Q: Denuded my dear, I have been earning very little from prostitutionof late there are too many harlots and insufficient customers
P: It has been most unsatisfactory at the public house also. No moneyno sexual encounters and very few penises for one
Q: Oh Pearl, that publican is a fraud. Always inebriated and headulterates the gin
P: Be careful Queenie, that's only a half truth.
Q: I saw him with my own eyes, urinating in the gin
P: Then beware dear! let's walk along to the Drunken harlot's arms
Q: Very good then, I will summon the old man in the taxi
Pearl and Queenie arrive at the hostelry.
Bung: Pearl! Queenie! Bona to varda your dolly old eeks!
Q & P: Fabe! Bona Nochy to you me old bung!
P: Two bitter gaters please doll .
B: Ere troll your lallies out and have a varda at whats in the backslum!
Q: (She looks) By the cringe! Multa ling grappling, who's the omiewith the spun-gold riah?
B: The leary bloke? He's the new bolus at the croaker's chovey.Varda those thews.
P: Oh and the lallies! He must troll the handsome in the sweatchovey .
B: Bono true, here's ya Bitter gaters, one peroon
Q & P: Bona!
Barman: Pearl! Queenie! It's lovely to view your beautiful old faces!
Q & P: marvellous! a good evening to you bartender .
P: Two gin and lager cocktails please my dear .
B: Have a walk next door into the backroom
Q: (She looks) My goodness! what a lot of people indulging in thesexual embrace, who is the gentleman with the blond hair?
B: The showy dresser? He's the new pharmacist at the chemist sshop. Look at those arms!
P: Oh and those legs! He must look delightfull in the gymnasium
B: Very true, here are beer and gin concoctions, one each .
Q & P: Very good!