Much earlier today, while running errands with my mother, she asked me to define the word zhoosh. To which I said promptly, "It's from Polari, it's like to fix your hair or something." (I'm sure it's not a fossil word, but I have it packaged mentally as part of zhoosh your riah.) Apparently it was just featured on Says You!, where one bluffing panelist tried to pass it off as "an ingredient you put in a screwdriver after you've had five of them."
I have no idea why I know any Polari. It's not like it suddenly surprised me to find out, but I realized I have no memory of running across the concept for the first time. Mary Renault doesn't use it and I didn't grow up on Julian and Sandy. (Source of the subject header. I didn't come up with that on my own.) My knowledge of Morrissey is relatively recent and mostly due to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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I know this isn't one of the burning questions of our time, but seriously. I can remember the first time I saw the Greek alphabet written. I feel like I should at least have noticed bona to vada when it went by.
I have no idea why I know any Polari. It's not like it suddenly surprised me to find out, but I realized I have no memory of running across the concept for the first time. Mary Renault doesn't use it and I didn't grow up on Julian and Sandy. (Source of the subject header. I didn't come up with that on my own.) My knowledge of Morrissey is relatively recent and mostly due to
lesser_celery.I know this isn't one of the burning questions of our time, but seriously. I can remember the first time I saw the Greek alphabet written. I feel like I should at least have noticed bona to vada when it went by.
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