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How Polari, the ‘lost language’ of gay men, inspired much of the slang we use today
In an episode of Hulu docuseries “The Kardashians,” matriarch and momager Kris Jenner posed a prescient etymological question to her daughter Khloe Kardashian in the midst of getting all dolled up. “How do you spell zhuzh?” Kris asks the room, as Khloe’s …