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Thread #83054   Message #1715021
Posted By: GUEST,J Munro
11-Apr-06 - 05:52 AM
Thread Name: Most Successful (NAFF) Folk Songs
Subject: RE: Most Successful (NAFF) Folk Songs
The word 'Naff' comes from a type of 1950&60s English Gay Slang, called Polari/Palare. Populare with arty, theatre types. From this slang we get words like 'cottaging', 'camp' and 'naff', which stands for 'NOT AVAILABLE FOR FUCKING'.

See http://www.chris-d.net/polari/ for more...