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Categories: LGBT slang, LGBT argots, LGBT culture in South Africa, LGBT terms, English-based argots
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Gayle  Gayle language  Gail  Gail language  ISO 639:gic
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Gayle, or Gail, is an English- and Afrikaans-based gay argot or slang used primarily by English and Afrikaans-speaking homosexual men in urban communities of South Africa, and is similar in some respects to Polari in the United Kingdom, from which some lexical items have been borrowed. Wikipedia
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Gayle, or Gail, is an English- and Afrikaans-based gay argot or slang used primarily by English and Afrikaans-speaking homosexual men in urban communities of South Africa, and is similar in some respects to Polari in the United Kingdom, from which some lexical items have been borrowed. Wikipedia
An Afrikaans-based argot spoken by gay communities in South Africa Wikipedia Disambiguation
A South African argot Wikipedia Disambiguation
A South African argot (jargon) used in South African gay and same-sex communities, primarily by Indo-European based speakers. Wiktionary
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language
modern language
COUNTRY
South Africa
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
South Africa
INDIGENOUS TO
Free State
Natal
Gauteng
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
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Gayle language
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Gayle
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Gayle
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Gail language, ISO 639:gic, South African gay slang
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Gail, Gayle language

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