Editing Gayle language (section)

==Commonly used terms==
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!Gayle term
!English translation
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|''Abigail''
|abortion
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|''Ada''
|bum, buttocks
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|''Adele''
|a gay person with a reputation for vindictiveness, dangerous
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|''Agatha''
|a gossip
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|''Aida or Aunty Aida''
|HIV / AIDS
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|''Amanda''
|amazing
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|''Angela''
|kind, helpful
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|''Belinda''
|blind
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|''Bella''
|to bash, to hit, to beat up
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|''Betty Bangles or Jennifer Justice''
|hand-cuffs, the police
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|''Betty Boems'' / ''Knit''
|sex
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|''Belinia or Beulah''
|beautiful, gorgeous, handsome
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|''Brenda''
|to burn
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|''Brunhilda''
|excessively ugly
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|''Carol''
|to cry
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|''cha cha palace''
|discotheque or club
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|''Cheryl''
|cheerful
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|''Christina''
|a gay man who attends church
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|''Cilla''
|cigarette
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|''Cindy''
|a young person, teenager
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|''Clora''
|person of mixed race, "[[Coloureds|coloured]]"
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|''conch''
|vagina
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|''Daphne''
|deaf
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|''Deborah''
|depressed
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|''Delilah''
|delightful
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|''Diana''
|to die
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|''Dora''
|a drink or in a drunken state
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|''Doreen or Dora de la Poės''
|drunk
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|''Dorette''
|small drink
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|''Emma''
|embarrassing
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|''Erica''
|erection
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|''Ethel, Ola or Olga''
|elderly, old
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|''Fatima''
|fat
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|''Feulah''
|furious
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|''Gail''
|to speak
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|''Great Dane''
|large penis
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|''Griselda''
|grisly, ugly
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|''handbag (or bag)''
|guy, boyfriend, male companion, man
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|''Harriet or Wella (after the hair care brand)''
|hair, hairdo
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|''Hilda''
|hideous
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|''Iris''
|irritate
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|''Jella''
|hurry up
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|''Jessica''
|jealous or insane 
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|''Joan''
|bitter, gay man
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|''Julia''
|jewelry
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|''Katrina''
|bum, buttocks
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|''KFC''
|sex
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|''Laura''
|lover
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|''Leonie''
|liar
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|''Lesley/s''
|leg/s
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|''Lettie''
|lesbian
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|''Linda''
|a lie, to lie
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|''Lizzy''
|lazy
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|''Lucy''
|sexually active
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|''Lulu''
|laugh
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|''lunch''
|penis, particularly when showing through trousers
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|''Vera'' or ''Veronica''
|to vomit
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|''Mary''
|a square, straight-laced, nerdish (as in 'Virgin Mary')
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|''Maureen''
|murder
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|''Mavis, Gertrude or Gertie''
|very effeminate man
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|''Mara or Mariam''
|thin
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|''Milly or Mildred''
|crazy
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|''Mince, Mina or Mina Moo''
|to walk
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|''Moira''
|music
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|''Monica (Lewinsky)''
|mouth
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|''Nancy, or nanny''
|no
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|''Natalie''
|African person
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|''Nigel''
|to have sex (likely from Afrikaans ''naai'' or ''neuk'')
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|''Nora''
|not nice, off, distasteful, naf, ignorant 
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|''Olive''
|attractive man
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|''Patsy''
|a party
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|''Pearl or Petunia''
|to urinate
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|''Petula Clark''
|passed out, unconscious
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|''Persephone''
|to perspire
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|''Poppy or Aunty Poppie''
|poppers, amyl nitrate
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|''Priscilla''
|police
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|''Rachel''
|rape
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|''Rita''
|rent boy
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|''Sally (Bob)''
|fellatio, oral sex
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|''Sheila''
|(to) shit
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|''Stella''
|to steal, stolen
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|''Susy / Susan''
|suicide
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|''Tessa''
|to tease (your hair)
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|''Tilly''
|masturbate, give someone a 'hand job'
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|''Trudie''
|trouble
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|''varda or Carla''
|to look
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|''Vera''
|to vomit
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|''Veronica''
|voice
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|''Vivian''
|vibrator
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|''Virginia''
|virgin
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|''Vis''
|woman
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|''Wendy''
|Caucasian person
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''Varda that Beulah bag!'' translates to "Look at that beautiful man!"<ref name=CageEvans/>{{rp|23–24}}