vada the dolly eek
Polari for 'look at the pretty face' — vada = look, dolly = pretty, eek = face.
Definitions
Classic Polari, the secret slang of mid-20th-century British gay men. Breaks down as vada (look at), dolly (pretty/nice), eek (face) — so 'look at the pretty face'. Often heard in the fuller greeting 'bona to vada your dolly old eek' ('lovely to see your pretty old face'), basically a campy 'hello, gorgeous'. Polari let gay men flirt and clock each other openly back when being gay was illegal in Britain.
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Origin & Usage
Polari, the British gay cant (roughly 1900s–1970s) drawn from Italian, Romani, rhyming slang and theatre cant; famed via the radio show Round the Horne.
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What does vada the dolly eek mean?
It's Polari for 'look at the pretty face' — vada means look, dolly means pretty, and eek means face.
Where does vada the dolly eek come from?
It's Polari, a secret slang used by gay men and theatre folk in mid-20th-century Britain.
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