ENGLISH–POLARI
DICTIONARY
(D–F)
dad[dy]. dad[i]
daily. divesiz;
evri dives
dainty. feena
damn. tip a kwaung
tu. [could] not give a damn. nix dorkes a klevvi. Damn [it]!
Kwaung!
dance. waulep.
dancing. wauleping.
dance floor. dha
bordz. dance on stage. bat
dancer. waulepa, wauleping omi or dona/pelone
dark. mounj
darkness. mounj[ichude]
dark-room. mounj
chovi
darling. deeri
dash [off]. dash
daughter. pelone-feeli
day. dives. any day. chaumeni
dives, waut-evva. the day before. dha lars dives. these
days. dheez divesiz; see
in good
de-.
dee-
dead. meyrd.
dead person. meyrd-kove.
the dead. dha meyrd-kovze
deaden. fayk
meyrd
deadness. meyrdimento
dear. karo;
[-ie]
deer[i], hart-fays, hart-eek. Dear me! O deeri!
death. meyr
debt. pizares. be in debt. pizares
debt-collector. pizaressiz-omi or
-dona/-pelone
decay. trusnichude. fayk dha trusnichude
deceive. moge tu, fayk
dha moge-cheet aun
December. Daycha-chune
deception. moge-cheet
deed. akting,
fayking
deep. deep. deep in thought. paunderosa
deer. stan(z)
defecate. brandi
defraud. hoonki
delay. dilay
delicate. seyra
demi-tasse. medza-tas
demonstrative.
swishing
den. ken
dentist. fang-krokes.
dentist’s [surgery]. ken a dha fang-krokes
department. aufis.
department store. boteekoni
depth. deeparjhio
descend. deeshenda
design. dizein
desirable. orguribelay
desire. orguri;
kamis
despatch. rooka.
pich. despatch a letter.
pich [auf] a rooka. despatch a hundred troops. pich
auf jent chingering omiz
dessert. g’u
destroy. troyn.
destroyed. troynd
destruction. troyn
detest. odiari
t’umouch
detestable. tray or t’umouch odiaribelay
detestation. tray or t’umouch odiari
devil. drei-doubel
devilish. drei-doubel-leik
diadem. tausha
diamond.
a [dha] dude-bar. dude-bar
diaper. moufeling cheet fa dha loulebei-cheet
diarrhoea. dha skwitz
dick. bagaja,
kartz[o], shode
dictionary. lil
a dha lavz
did. faykt
die. meyr
[a meyr]
difficult. rusli
difficulty. ruslimento
dig. skouvari
dildo. fayk-bagaja. dildo-shaped. fayk-bagajering
dim. kank
din. bauberi
dine. mounjari
dining-room.
mounjariing chovi
dinner. boura
namyari
direct[ly]. fayk
dirt. mank;
pauv
dirty. manki
disappoint. dilude. disappointed. diludid.
disappointing. diluding
disapproval. kaud nab
disapprove [of].
nix tip dha nab tu
disc.
dish
disco[thèque].
ken a dha nauchi fa dha wauleping
discount. deeginimento. fayk dha deeginimento aun
discuss. pelarva.
discuss matters. pelarva dha
dauliz
discussion. pelarva.
never-ending discussions. pelarvez
disgrace. sharnda
disgraceful. sharnderosa.
Disgraceful! Sharnda!
disguise. gard
eek. gar
disgust. aykel.
aykel. disgusted.
aykerld. disgusting.
aykeling
disgusting. aykelosa
dish. sku
dishonest. narda
tachi
disk. dish
dislike. odiari.
odiari
dispatch = despatch
dispensary.
ken a dha boles
display. paump[arjhio]. display of
gaiety. jentrimento
dispute. barni
a dha lavz. have a
dispute. hav a barni a dha lavz
disturbance. bauberi
ditch. jayg
divine. doubel-leik
dizzy. dizi
do. akt,
fayk; arnt. doing. akting,
fayking. do it.
du dha biz. do not. nanti.
do nothing. akt
nanti. do out
of. hoonki. do up. fayk
bona. doesn’t it?/don’t you? tachi?
doctor. krokes.
doctor’s [surgery]. ken a dha krokes
document[s]. bimf
dog. jugel;
kaud shamsha. dogs in a bathtub. jugerlz
in dha bayn
dollar. bays
done. faykt
donkey. mayla
don’t = do not (which see, in do)
door. geiga
double. doubel
double-Dutch.
Haubsen-Jaubsen
double-jointed. doubel-nodode
douche. poump
fa dha klevvi
down. alay.
down below. ayjax aun
dha soub. down low. dee-el
downstairs. alay
dha darntzez
drag. drag, drayjh;
shlep. shlep. full drag. fool drag. drag up. drayjh oup. not in drag. reerl
drag-queen. drag-kween,
drayjh-kween, dres-oup. drag-queen name. dres-oups
nav
drake. kwaking omi-cheet
drama. drarma
dramatic. drarmik
draw.
drome; tarda. drawing. droming
drawer. tarda-cheet
dreary. dreer. dreary person. dreer
dress. drogel,
frauk; drayjh, jhooj. dress up.
drayjh oup
drill. baush[-chaumeni]-cheet. drill a hole. baush
drink. berri,
bevvi, buvari. berri; (drink alcohol) bevverarda,
bevvi, buvari, (drink down or up) sh[l]oumf.
drinking bout. bevvi. drinking vessel. berri-cheet
drinkable. berribelay, bevvibelay, buvaribelay
drole. drole
droll. drole
drought. trusnichude fa dha
faykimento a sanz parniz
drug. drab.
drug addict. drabd omi
or pelone
drunk. bevvid.
bevvi-[h]omi or -pelone, buvariing omi or pelone. drunk on gin. dafi.
drunk p. bevvid omi or
pelone
drunkard. bevvi-[h]omi or –pelone, buvariing omi or pelone
drunken. bevvid
dry. trusni.
[make dry] fayk
trusni. dry
curry. trusni molee. dry up. trusni
oup
dry-clean.
tinta. dry-cleaner’s.
ken a dha tintering omiz
duck. kwaking [pelone-]cheet
ducky. douki
dull. kank; narda breit
dumb. kank
dung. brandi-cheet
dupe. flati.
fayk dha moge-cheet aun
durable. rusli
dust. peoda
dust-bin. rozi
dusty. peoderosa
Dutch. a dha/bilaung Lo Temz. lingo bilaung dha Lo Temz
Dutchman.
[omi-]chal a dha Lo Temz
Dutchwoman.
[pelone-]chal a dha Lo Temz
dwarf. koveeni
dye. tinta
dyke. deik
ear. nel[li],
palari-lobe. ear
hair. reirz a or
in dha nelz or nelliz
earache. dooka
a dha nel[li]
early. bona sorlo
earn. jent.
earnings. jent
earring(s). nelli-fayk/-fayx, eer-fayk/-fayx. earring code.
kode
a dha nelli-fayx
earth. pauv
easy. fachi, narda rusli
easy-going. fachi
eat. mounjari,
namyari. eaten.
mounjarid, namyarid. eat dead babies. namyari meyrd loulebei-cheetz. eat one’s words. mounjari wouniz lavz. eat some food. mounjari enni karnish,
mounjari or
namyari
eavesdrop. beertris.
eavesdropper. beertris,
beertrising omi, dona or pelone
eccentric. barberella.
barberella homi or pelone
educate. tarda
oup
education. tardimento;
tardichude
effeminacy. kweenichude,
nellichude
effeminate. kweeni,
kweenichudinosa, nantzi, nelli, nellichudinosa. effeminate homosexual man, kween. effeminate
man. nantzi-omi
effusive. swishing
effusiveness. swishichude
egg. [kakeling]
fart. egg white. fay a dha fart. egg yolk.
jala a dha fart
eggplant. brinjel
eight. auta,
say-dui
eighteen. auta
laung lepta
eighth. autito
eighty. auta
laung deja
ejaculate. ordering marreer. orda
elaborate. sheesh
elbow. elbo
elder. baj-kove
elderly. baj-kove-leik.
elderly person. baj-kove
elegant. beejhu
elegy. charnt
elephant. pig
eleven. ’una laung
lepta
eleventh. ’una laung
leptito
eliminate. fayk
erbree
elimination. fayking
erbree
embankment. choombereeni
embarrass. fayk
dhee emmichude tu. embarrassed.
emma. embarrassing.
emmering
embarrassment. emmichude
embrace. brays-reon.
leo wouniz braysiz reon
employ. tip a/dha
b’ute tu
employment. b’ute
-ence. -(i)mento
enclose. pan [reon]
enclosure. pand
ten
end. fineeto.
put an end to. leo dha fineeto
tu. to the [bitter] end. ta dhee aultrantz. End of
story! Fineetode! It’s not the end of the world! Sheez nix
[a] trajheek!
enema. poump
fa dhee arris/dha harris
engine.
moto
England. [Tem
bilaung] Paumi
English. [bilaung]
Paumi. lingo bilaung Paumi. the English. dha chalz bilaung Paumi
Englishman. [omi-]chal bilaung Paumi
English-speaking. Paumi-palariing
Englishwoman. [pelone-]pal
bilaung Paumi
enigma. turring
cheet, turring omi/pelone
enigmatic. turring.
enigmatic man. turring
omi. enigmatic
thing. turring cheet. enigmatic woman. turring
pelone
enough. plenni. not enough. nantwar
enter. doup
entire. totarlay
entry. doup[ing]
entertain. jauga.
entertaining. jaugering
entertainer. jaugering omi or dona/pelone
entertainment. jauga,
jaugimento
entrance1. doup
entrance2. dooka.
entranced. dooked. entrancing. dookering
epic. milzermb’unoni
equal. saym
equipment. vakarya
-er. -ar. -kove
erect. kaulinosa.
erect penis. kaulin
erection. fayk,
kaulin
-ery. -chude
escape. skarpimento. skarpa, skarpeli
espionage. jeezesarjhio
-est. -arst
establish. pauv
establishment. ken; pauvimento
etc. ann so forth
eternal. pir
sempray, narda meyrd
eulogy. charnt
evacuate. leo
erbree. evacuate
the bowels. brandi
evening. sarla.
evening meal. namyari
in dha sarla. evening party. swaray.
this evening. dhis sarla.
tomorrow evening. nex sarla.
yesterday evening. lars sarla; see
in good
ever. mei
evermore. meiar.
for evermore. pir
sempray
every. ev[e]ri. every day. evri dives. every
now and then. fraum cheim
ta cheim. every time. evri
kwaun. every
time [that]. evri cheim
[dhat]. in every way. evri
asarles
everybody, everyone. evri wouni. by everyone. pir evri wouni,
peroni
everything. evri
chaumeni
everywhere. evri akoy
evil. kirtirva.
kirtirvichude
ewe. bleeting pelone-cheet
exaggerate. moge
exaggeration. moge
excellent. boneru,
fab, fayb, feena
excess. tumouchimento
excessive. tumouch
excessiveness. tumouchimento
exchange. parree
excited. brude
excitement. bru
exclaim. karn
exclamation. karn
excrement. alli-appel, brandi-cheet
execute. troyn
execution. troyn
executioner. troyning omi
exhausted.
tray kinyode
exist. ninti
expensive. karo
export. lel erbree
extinguish. leo dha fineeto
tu
extreme. aultrantz.
extremely. tray. go to extremes.
orda ta dhee aultrantz
eye. ogel
(augel); u. eye
candy. jageri fa dhee ogerlz. eye off. ogel
eyeball. koul
a dhee ogel
eyebrow. ogel-reida.
eyebrow ring. ogel-reida-fayk
eyelash.
ogel-reir. eyelashes.
ogel-reidez, ogel-reirz
fabulous. fabulosa,
fantabulosa
face. eek, facha,
m’ui. pull a
face. fayk dhee arris-m’ui/dha harris-m’ui
facial. a dhee
eek, a dha facha, m’ui
faeces. alli-appel, brandi-cheet
faggot. trooshnee
a kaushiz
fair. toba
fairy. nat
fake. fashernd
fall. lib; dha
lib-cheim. fall
down. lib alay. fall out. lib erbree
fallen. libd
fall-out. lib-erbree
false. fashernd; moging, narda liliosa. false eyelashes.
ogel-reir-fayx. false imprisonment. leoing in dha lach
narda liliosa
falsehood. moge
family. [dha]
foxe. family
member. foke
fame. glausichude
famine. boura-bauka
famous. glausi,
glausichudinosa
fancy. gildi.
gildimento. take
someone’s fancy. lel wouniz
gildimento
fanny. flanj,
klevvi, minj
far. dir
farce. fars
fare. brad fa dha vaygeri. orda
farm.
ten a dha bugerlz-omi or granermz-omi.
farming. fayking dha
bugerlz-omiz/granermz-omiz b’ute
farmer. bugerlz-omi, granermz-omi
farmhouse. karsi a dha bugerlz-omi
or granermz-omi
fart. fart
farther. dirar
farthing. kwortereeni
fascinate. dooka.
fascinated. dooked. fascinating. dookering
fascination. dooka
fashion. romarjhio
[a dha jhoojh]; asarlessimento, fashen. fashen. fashioned.
fashernd
fashionable. rome-leik
fashion-conscious. rome-leik
fasten. krarfni
fat. beeflat. tule
father. dad[i]
fatherland. tem
a dha dad
fatigue. kinyodimento,
kinyomento. kinyo
fatty. tulosa
favo[u]r. bennimento,
mang. do
someone a favo[u]r. fayk
a bennimento for enni wouni
favo[u]rite. fayvereeta
fawn. stan-jala.
gez’upi. fawn
over. gez’upi ova
fear. perrichude
fearful. perri,
perrichudinosa
feast. mounjariarjhio
feather. por
February. Febrayo
feed. tip dha
karnish tu
feel. senta. feel someone up. reef
feeling[s]. sentimento[ze]
feet see in foot
fell. libd
fellate. jari
fellatio. jariarjhio,
jariing, naushing
fellow. bor,
kouzen, koul
felt. sented.
barleeni
female. fem, pelone.
female attire. frauk. female child. pelone-feeli. female elephant. pelone-pig
feminine. fem, pelonichudinosa.
feminine lesbian. fem
femininity. pelonichude
fern. fujhen
festival. boura-dives
fetish. dooked
fashernd cheet
fever. tati
nafellichude
few. pogee.
a few. a pogee
fewer. pogeear
fewest. pogeearst
fib. mogeeni
fickle. mobelay
fiddle. baush
fiddler. strilering omi aun dha baush
field. libarjhio
fifteen. chinka
laung lepta
fifth. chinkito
fifty. chinka
laung deja
fig. figis.
[could] not give a fig. nix dorkes a klevvi
fight. barni,
chinga. have a fight. hav
a barni
fig-tree.
figis-rook
file. rin
fill. plenni.
fill in/out. skreev
oup
film. flik
find. lach.
find out. deek
fine. feena. finest. feenarst; larj
finger. loupa.
finger-f…. arva
a dha loupa. fayk dhee arva
a dha loupa
fingernail. neir
a dha loupez
finish. fineeto
fire. glima, hach. fire fighter.
glima-dona or
-[h]omi. on fire. aun
dha glima. make a fire.
fayk a hach
firearm. hach-cheet
firefly. glima-mausko
fireman. glima-[h]omi
fireplace.
ten fa dha hach
firewood. wesh fa dha hach
fireworks. glima-faykimentoze
first. ’unito.
first half of. ’unito
medza a
fish. macho. fishing. machoing
fisherman. machoze-omi
fist. poke
fisticuff. bati-poke
five. chinka
flagrant. swishing
flamboyance. swishichude
flamboyant. swishing
flame. binko.
in flames. aun
dha glima
flare. binko.
flare [up]. binko
oup
flat. lati
flatter. gez’upi
flatterer. gez’upiing
omi or pelone
flattery. gez’upiarjhio
flavo[u]r. smel
flea. pisha
flesh. karnish
flight. fleiing. flight attendant. trauli-dauli
fling. cheiv. fling down. cheiv alay
flirt.
gaming omi or
pelone. gam. flirting. gaming
flirtation.
gaming
flirtatious.
gaming
flour.
var
flower. smel. fayk dha smel
fly. mausko;
[flies] shaut.
flei. flying.
fleiing. flying
saucer. fleiing skurreeni
foal. loulebei
grei
folk[s]. foxe
follow. drome
folly. koulichude,
paygellichude
food. karnish,
mounjari, namyari. eat or
have some food. mounjari enni
karnish, mounjari or namyari
fool. koul,
paygel. koul. fool about or around. koul abeot
foolish. koul-leik,
paygel-leik
foot. pindro
football. eemag
a dha koul[z]
footballer. eemaging omi
a dha koulz
for. for, fa; kauntra. for ever. pir sempray
foreign. gajo;
in dha gajo temz
foreigner. gajo
forest. rookarjhio
forever. meiar
forge. fashen.
forged. fashernd
forgery. fashening
forget. nix ann
in zee, nix reekorl. Forget it! Nanti dhat!
forgive. artef
forgiven. arterft
forgiveness. artef,
arteffimento; arteffichude
fork. pausi,
pausileeni
form. jeib;
formarlichude
formal. formarla
form-fitting. formarlichudinisa
forth. forth. and so forth. ann
so forth
fortnight. dui kroox
fortune. dooka;
a deorri a brad, hambag, jentz
fortune-teller. dookering
dona
fortune-telling. dookering
forty. kworta
laung deja
foul. kirtirva.
foul language. janka
found. lacht. pauv
foundation[s].
pauvimento[ze]
fountain. cheiv a dha worta
four. kworta
foursome. kworta-sayma
fourteen. kworta
laung lepta
fourth. kwordza;
kwortito
fox. jugel[eeni] a dha nauchi
fragrance. smelliz
France. [Tem
bilaung] Parliv’u
fraud. hoonki
fraudster. hoonkiing omi or pelone
fraudulent. hoonki-leik
free.
libera; fachi. free item. faykimento sanz
kap. free and easy. fachi
freeby. faykimento sanz
kap
freedom. liberichude
French. [bilaung]
Parliv’u. lingo bilaung Parliv’u. the French. dha chalz bilaung Parliv’u
Frenchman. [omi-]chal bilaung Parliv’u
French-speaking. Parliv’u-palariing
Frenchwoman. [pelone-]chal Parliv’u
frequent. moulti
cheimz. orda moulti cheimz tu.
frequenting public lavatories, toilets or urinals for sex. ordering ta the tenz fa dhee afeyrimento
Friday. Vennedi
friend. [ben-]kove,
kouzen
friendly. ben-kove-leik
fright. traysh[eeni]
frighten. fayk
perri, traysh. frightened. perri,
perrichudinosa. frightening.
fayking perri, trayshichudinosa
frightful. arris-reir-leik,
arris-sheikel-leik
fright-wig. arris-sheikel
frock. frauk
from. fraum
frottage.
reefing
frotteur, frotteuse. reefing omi or pelone
fruit. fruti.
fruit basket. dauli.
fruit juice. akwa
fry. karnish with a tati karnish-cheet
fry[ing]-pan. tati karnish-cheet
-ful.
–chudinosa, -osa. -arda, plenni
full. fool, plenni.
full of. plenni
a. full employment. plenni butze
full-length. plenni-eekaf.
full-length dress. plenni-eekaf frauk. full-length portrait. plenni-eekaf
fully. plenni
fumes. foges
fun. skirtz. make fun of. pich oup
funny. drole, skirti, skirting; barberella
furniture. kaushiz
further. dirar
furthermore.
in aultray
fuss.
sheesh. make a fuss. fayk a sheesh. without
any fuss. sanz enni
sheesh
fussy. sheesh