Polish Slang Dictionary Online

[Dennis R. Preston]

No they don't Barry. The final 'l' in "pedal" is not 'l'; it's
barred-l (pronounced like a "w' in English. (That's why the bicycle
etymology your siily guide gave you was was so glupy. ("Glupy" also
with barred-l, meaning "dumb.")

DInIs Prestonski

>    I've been looking for Polish slang in bookstores, but good stuff
>appears to be online:
>
>www.univ.gda.pl/slang
>www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/3580/polish.htm
>
>    Both have "pedal" for "homosexual."
>    An English-Polish book of 5,000 terms is THE POLISH-ENGLISH
>DICTIONARY OF SLANG AND COLLOQUIALISM (1998) by Widawski.  This and
>other books are mentioned at: www.slavica.com/teaching/Riley.html

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