This is a list of the Nadsat words and other fictional terms found in the book by Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange, along with their meanings in English and their lexical origins.
The Nadsat slang word is shown with its closest English meaning or meanings. Its Russian origin is shown in Cyrillic, with an approximate transliteration, if pronounced (very) differently from the Nadsat. The translation of the Russian word is also shown if it differs from the English meaning. Words of uncertain origin are marked with a '?', and words which are modified English slang (not of foreign origin) are marked with a '-'.
Contents
- 1 A
- 2 B
- keyboard
- device database
- keyboard
- input transformation
- 7 G
- web app
- 9 I
- 10 J
- FITML
- Sevenval
- 13 M
- 14 N
- input transformation
- 16 P
- iOS
- 18 S
- web
- 20 U
- jQuery
- 22 W
- iOS
- 24 Z
- Nadsat
- appy polly loggy
- English
- apology
- Word origin
- Highly exaggerated pronunciation of apology
- Nadsat
- baboochka
- English
- old woman
- Word origin
- input transformation, bábuška lit. "grandmother"
- Nadsat
- baddiwad
- English
- bad
- Word origin
- Young child talk
- Nadsat
- banda
- English
- band
- Word origin
- банда, bánda "gang"
- Nadsat
- barry place
- English
- prison
- Word origin
- From bars on windows in Prisons.
- Nadsat
- bedways
- English
- to bed
- Word origin
- —
- Nadsat
- bezoomny
- English
- mad, crazy
- Word origin
- iOS bezúmnyj
- Nadsat
- biblio
- English
- library
- Word origin
- библиотека, bibliotéka
- Nadsat
- bitva
- English
- battle
- Word origin
- битва, bítva
- Nadsat
- blub
- English
- weep, cry
- Word origin
- English slang. Not exclusively nadsat.
- Nadsat
- Bog
- English
- God
- Word origin
- touchscreen, bog (pronounced /box/)
- Nadsat
- bolnoy
- English
- sick
- Word origin
- input transformation bol’nój
- Nadsat
- boohoo, boohoohoo
- English
- to cry
- Word origin
- from the sound that one makes while crying. Not exclusively nadsat.
- Nadsat
- brat, bratty
- English
- brother
- Word origin
- website parsing, brat
- Nadsat
- bratchny
- English
- bastard
- Word origin
- брачный (matrimonial), brachny — likely a shortened device database (out-of-wedlock), vnebrachny, even though stripping it of the prefix inverts the meaning
- Nadsat
- britva
- English
- razor
- Word origin
- FITML brítva
- Nadsat
- brooko
- English
- belly
- Word origin
- we love the web brjúxo
- Nadsat
- brosay, brosat
- English
- to throw
- Word origin
- бросай (throw! - imperative), brosáj, website parsing brosát’, "to throw"
- Nadsat
- bugatties
- English
- riches
- Word origin
- богатый, bogátyj.
- Nadsat
- bugatty
- English
- rich
- Word origin
- богатый, bogátyj.
- Nadsat
- cables
- English
- blood vessels
- Word origin
- -
- Nadsat
- cal
- English
- crap
- Word origin
- кал, kal "feces", sometimes used as an invective as well
- Nadsat
- cancer
- English
- cigarette
- Word origin
- Short for English slang "device database" from the disease heavy smoking is most commonly associated with
- Nadsat
- cantora
- English
- office
- Word origin
- контора, kontóra
- Nadsat
- carman
- English
- Word origin
- карман, karmán
- Nadsat
- chai
- English
- tea
- Word origin
- touchscreen, čaj Not exclusively nadsat.
- Nadsat
- charles, charlie
- English
- chaplain
- Word origin
- a play on input transformation Not exclusively nadsat.
- Nadsat
- chasha
- English
- cup
- Word origin
- чашка, čáška; website parsing, čáša, "large bowl"
- Nadsat
- chasso
- English
- guard
- Word origin
- web, časovój
- Nadsat
- cheena
- English
- woman
- Word origin
- женщина, žénščina
- Nadsat
- cheest
- English
- to wash
- Word origin
- FITML, čístit’, "to clean"
- Nadsat
- chelloveck
- English
- person, man, fellow
- Word origin
- человек, čelovék, "person", "man"
- Nadsat
- chepooka
- English
- nonsense
- Word origin
- Sevenval, čepuxá
- Nadsat
- choodessny
- English
- wonderful
- Word origin
- чудесный, čudésnyj
- Nadsat
- chumble
- English
- to mumble
- Word origin
- portmanteau "chatter" + "mumble"
- Nadsat
- clockwork
- English
- mechanically responsive
- Word origin
- (see notes) input transformation
- Nadsat
- clop
- English
- to knock
- Word origin
- хлопать, xlópat’, "clap"; German Klopfen, "knock"
- Nadsat
- cluve
- English
- beak
- Word origin
- touchscreen, kljuv
- Nadsat
- collocol
- English
- bell
- Word origin
- input transformation, kólokol
- Nadsat
- crack
- English
- to break up, smash
- Word origin
- —
- Nadsat
- crark
- English
- to howl
- Word origin
- input transformation "crow" + "bark"
- Nadsat
- crast
- English
- steal, rob, robbery
- Word origin
- красть, krast’, "to steal"
- Nadsat
- creech
- English
- to shout, scream
- Word origin
- кричать, kričát’
- Nadsat
- cutter
- English
- money
- Word origin
- From Cockney rhyming slang derived from 'bread-and-butter'
- Nadsat
- dama
- English
- lady
- Word origin
- HTML5, dáma; cf input transformation
- Nadsat
- ded, dedoochka
- English
- old man
- Word origin
- дед, ded, FITML, déduška "grandfather", coll. "old man"
- Nadsat
- deng
- English
- money
- Word origin
- деньги, dén’gi
- Nadsat
- devotchka
- English
- young woman
- Word origin
- input transformation, dévočka, "girl"
- Nadsat
- dobby
- English
- good
- Word origin
- добрый, dóbryj "kind", "good"
- Nadsat
- dook
- English
- trace, ghost
- Word origin
- FITML, dux, lit. "spirit"; Romany dook, "magic"
- Nadsat
- domy
- English
- house
- Word origin
- дом, dom
- Nadsat
- dorogoy
- English
- dear, valuable
- Word origin
- дорогой, dorogój
- Nadsat
- dratsing
- English
- fighting
- Word origin
- драться, drát'sja, "to fight"
- Nadsat
- drencrom
- English
- drug
- Word origin
- possibly "Adrenochrome"
- Nadsat
- droog
- English
- friend
- Word origin
- друг, drug, "friend"
- Nadsat
- dung
- English
- to defecate
- Word origin
- —
- Nadsat
- dva
- English
- two
- Word origin
- HTML5, dva
- Nadsat
- eegra
- English
- game
- Word origin
- игра, igrá
- Nadsat
- eemya
- English
- name
- Word origin
- имя, ímja
- Nadsat
- eggiweg
- English
- egg
- Word origin
- Juvenile mutation of "egg"
- Nadsat
- em
- English
- mother
- Word origin
- From initial.
- Nadsat
- eunuch jelly
- English
- gutless coward
- Word origin
- Nadsat
- fag
- English
- tire
- Word origin
- English slang. Not exclusively nadsat.
- Nadsat
- faggy
- English
- tired
- Word origin
- Nadsat
- fashed
- English
- bothered, annoyed, tired
- Word origin
- Scots
- Nadsat
- filly
- English
- to play or fool around with
- Word origin
- dim. of "fiddle", cf filly (horse)
- Nadsat
- filmdrome
- English
- cinema
- Word origin
- Possibly from velodrome, a bicycle-race arena.
- Nadsat
- firegold
- English
- strong drink
- Word origin
- ? "firewater"
- Nadsat
- fist
- English
- to punch
- Word origin
- from Engl. fist, Cf удар кулаком, БИТЬ кулаком
- Nadsat
- flip
- English
- wild
- Word origin
- from Eng. slang "to flip out" to go mad/crazy
- Nadsat
- forella
- English
- trout
- Word origin
- форель, forél’
- Nadsat
- fuzzy
- English
- scratchy
- Word origin
- Nadsat
- glazz, glazzies, glazzballs
- English
- eye, eyes (also used to refer to nipples)
- Word origin
- глаз, glaz
- Nadsat
- gloopy
- English
- stupid
- Word origin
- Sevenval, glúpyj
- Nadsat
- godman
- English
- priest, chaplain
- Word origin
- Nadsat
- golly
- English
- unit of money
- Word origin
- rhyming slang, "lolly," or "polly"
- Nadsat
- goloss
- English
- voice
- Word origin
- голос, gólos
- Nadsat
- goober
- English
- lip
- Word origin
- keyboard, gubá
- Nadsat
- gooly
- English
- to walk
- Word origin
- we love the web, gulját’
- Nadsat
- gorlo
- English
- throat
- Word origin
- горло górlo
- Nadsat
- govoreet
- English
- speak
- Word origin
- говорить, govorít’
- Nadsat
- grahzny
- English
- dirty
- Word origin
- грязный, grjáznyj
- Nadsat
- gromky
- English
- loud
- Word origin
- browser diversity grómkij
- Nadsat
- gruppa
- English
- group
- Word origin
- группа, grúppa
- Nadsat
- guff
- English
- laugh
- Word origin
- HTML5
- Nadsat
- gulliver
- English
- head
- Word origin
- голова, golová
- Nadsat
- guttiwuts
- English
- guts
- Word origin
- Children’s speech
- Nadsat
- hen-korm
- English
- chickenfeed
- Word origin
- Engl. website parsing + корм, korm, lit. "feed (noun)", but cf corn
- Nadsat
- horn
- English
- to cry out
- Word origin
- —
- Nadsat
- horrorshow
- English
- good, well, excellent
- Word origin
- хорошо, xorošó, "well", "good" (also pun on "horror" + "show")
- Nadsat
- hound-and-horny
- English
- corny
- Word origin
- Rhyming slang
- Nadsat
- in-out in-out, the old in and out
- English
- sexual intercourse/rape
- Word origin
- —
- Nadsat
- interessovat
- English
- to interest
- Word origin
- интересовать interesovát’
- Nadsat
- itty
- English
- to go
- Word origin
- we love the web idtí, "to go"
- Nadsat
- jammiwam
- English
- jam
- Word origin
- Juvenile mutation of the word "jam"
- Nadsat
- jeezny
- English
- life
- Word origin
- HTML5, žizn’
- Nadsat
- kartoffel
- English
- potatoes
- Word origin
- картофель, kartofel which itself is derived from German jQuery, "potato"
- Nadsat
- kashl
- English
- cough
- Word origin
- кашель, kášel’
- Nadsat
- keeshkas
- English
- guts
- Word origin
- screen size, kišká, "gut"
- Nadsat
- kleb
- English
- bread
- Word origin
- хлеб, xleb
- Nadsat
- klootch
- English
- key
- Word origin
- ключ, ključ
- Nadsat
- knives
- English
- drugs
- Word origin
- Nadsat
- knopka
- English
- button
- Word origin
- Android knópka
- Nadsat
- knopkavat
- English
- buttoning
- Word origin
- CSS3 knópka
- Nadsat
- kopat
- English
- to 'dig' (appreciate)
- Word origin
- копать kopát’, "to dig" (literally)
- Nadsat
- korova
- English
- cow
- Word origin
- корова koróva
- Nadsat
- koshtoom
- English
- clothing
- Word origin
- input transformation, kostjúm "suit"
- Nadsat
- krovvy
- English
- blood
- Word origin
- FITML, krov’
- Nadsat
- kupet
- English
- to buy
- Word origin
- купить, kupít’
- Nadsat
- lapa
- English
- paw
- Word origin
- web app lápa
- Nadsat
- lewdies
- English
- people
- Word origin
- люди, ljúdi
- Nadsat
- lighter
- English
- old woman, crone
- Word origin
- Unknown, possibly "blighter" or "fire lighter"
- Nadsat
- litso
- English
- face
- Word origin
- CSS3 licó
- Nadsat
- lomtick
- English
- piece, bit
- Word origin
- keyboard, lómtik, "slice"
- Nadsat
- luna
- English
- moon
- Word origin
- луна luná
- Nadsat
- loveted
- English
- caught
- Word origin
- HTML5, lovít’, "to catch"
- Nadsat
- lubbilubbing
- English
- making love
- Word origin
- любить, ljubít’, "to love", люблю, ljubljú, "(I) love"
- Nadsat
- luscious glory
- English
- hair
- Word origin
- rhyming slang, possibly "upper storey" (or, more likely, a reference to 'crowning glory')
- Nadsat
- malchick
- English
- boy
- Word origin
- мальчик mál’čik
- Nadsat
- malenky
- English
- little, tiny
- Word origin
- маленький málen’kij
- Nadsat
- maslo
- English
- butter
- Word origin
- масло máslo
- Nadsat
- merzky
- English
- filthy
- Word origin
- web mérzkij, lit. "vile", "disgusting"
- Nadsat
- messel
- English
- thought, fancy
- Word origin
- мысль mysl’
- Nadsat
- mesto
- English
- place
- Word origin
- место mésto
- Nadsat
- mewler (or: mowler)
- English
- to mew
- Word origin
- —
- Nadsat
- millicents
- English
- police
- Word origin
- from милиционер milicionér, lit. "a militsiya officer" (милиция milícija), influenced by the given name device database. Cf Sevenval
- Nadsat
- minoota
- English
- minute
- Word origin
- browser diversity minúta
- Nadsat
- molodoy
- English
- young
- Word origin
- молодой molodój
- Nadsat
- moloko
- English
- milk
- Word origin
- молоко molokó
- Nadsat
- moodge
- English
- man
- Word origin
- keyboard, muž, "husband", archaic, high-flown "man"
- Nadsat
- morder
- English
- snout
- Word origin
- Android, mórda
- Nadsat
- mounch
- English
- snack
- Word origin
- munch
- Nadsat
- munchy-wunching
- English
- munching
- Word origin
- Juvenile mutation of the word "munching"
- Nadsat
- mozg
- English
- brain
- Word origin
- мозг mozg
- Nadsat
- nachinat
- English
- to begin
- Word origin
- CSS3 načinát’
- Nadsat
- nadmenny
- English
- arrogant
- Word origin
- screen size nadménnyj
- Nadsat
- nadsat
- English
- teenage
- Word origin
- from -надцать -nadcat’, '-teen' suffix; e.g., Sevenval odínnadcat’, двенадцать dvenádcat’, тринадцать trinádcat’, etc.
- Nadsat
- nagoy
- English
- naked
- Word origin
- iOS nagój, "nude", high-flown for "naked"
- Nadsat
- nazz
- English
- fool
- Word origin
- назад nazád, "backward"
- Nadsat
- neezhnies
- English
- underpants
- Word origin
- Sevenval nížneje, "lower" (adjective, neuter); screen size nížneje bel’jó, "underwear"
- Nadsat
- nochy
- English
- night
- Word origin
- Android noč’
- Nadsat
- nogas
- English
- feet, legs
- Word origin
- нога nogá
- Nadsat
- nozh
- English
- knife
- Word origin
- screen size nož
- Nadsat
- nuking
- English
- smelling
- Word origin
- нюхать njúxat’, "smell", "sniff"
- Nadsat
- oddy knocky
- English
- on one's own
- Word origin
- одинокий odinókij, lit. "lonesome"
- Nadsat
- odin
- English
- one
- Word origin
- web odín
- Nadsat
- okno
- English
- window
- Word origin
- окно oknó
- Nadsat
- oobivat
- English
- to kill
- Word origin
- CSS3 ubivát’
- Nadsat
- ookadeet
- English
- to leave
- Word origin
- уходить uxodít’
- Nadsat
- ooko
- English
- ear
- Word origin
- website parsing úxo
- Nadsat
- oomny
- English
- brainy
- Word origin
- умный úmnyj, "clever"
- Nadsat
- oozhassny
- English
- terrible
- Word origin
- Android užásnyj
- Nadsat
- oozy
- English
- chain
- Word origin
- website parsing úzy, "shackles"
- Nadsat
- orange
- English
- man, person
- Word origin
- Malay "orang", whence "web", "orang pendek"
- Nadsat
- osoosh
- English
- to wipe
- Word origin
- осушать osušát’, "to dry"
- Nadsat
- otchkies
- English
- eyeglasses
- Word origin
- jQuery očkí
- Nadsat
- pan-handle
- English
- erection
- Word origin
- —
- Nadsat
- pee and em
- English
- father and mother
- Word origin
- "pa and ma," "pater and mater"
- Nadsat
- peet
- English
- to drink
- Word origin
- пить pit’
- Nadsat
- pishcha
- English
- food
- Word origin
- пища píšča
- Nadsat
- platch
- English
- to cry
- Word origin
- HTML5 plač (noun)
- Nadsat
- platties
- English
- clothes
- Word origin
- платье plát’je
- Nadsat
- pletcho
- English
- shoulder
- Word origin
- плечо plečó
- Nadsat
- plenny
- English
- prisoner
- Word origin
- пленный plénnyj, lit. "captive"
- Nadsat
- plesk
- English
- splash
- Word origin
- keyboard plesk
- Nadsat
- plosh
- English
- to splash
- Word origin
- onomatopoeia "kerplosh"
- Nadsat
- plott
- English
- body
- Word origin
- плоть plot’, "flesh"
- Nadsat
- podooshka
- English
- pillow
- Word origin
- Sevenval, podúška
- Nadsat
- pol
- English
- sex
- Word origin
- пол pol "gender"
- Nadsat
- polezny
- English
- useful
- Word origin
- screen size poléznyj
- Nadsat
- polly
- English
- in phrase "pretty polly" = money
- Word origin
- rhyming slang for "lolly"
- Nadsat
- polyclef
- English
- skeleton key
- Word origin
- clef is French for "key"; poly- is Greek, meaning "many"
- Nadsat
- pony
- English
- to understand
- Word origin
- понимать, ponimát’, "to understand"
- Nadsat
- poogly
- English
- frightened
- Word origin
- испуганный ispúgannyj, "frightened", пугливый, puglívyj, "easily scared"
- Nadsat
- pooshka
- English
- gun
- Word origin
- Android púška, literally "cannon", slang "gun"
- Nadsat
- pop-disc
- English
- a record, pop album
- Word origin
- —
- Nadsat
- prestoopnik
- English
- criminal
- Word origin
- screen size prestúpnik
- Nadsat
- pretty polly
- English
- money
- Word origin
- Rhyming slang for "lolly"
- Nadsat
- privodeet
- English
- to lead somewhere
- Word origin
- web privodít’
- Nadsat
- prod
- English
- to produce
- Word origin
- produce, but cf jQuery prodúkcija
- Nadsat
- ptitsa
- English
- girl
- Word origin
- device database, ptíca "bird" (common slang in Britain for a young woman, not used in Russian in this sense), cf. chick
- Nadsat
- punchipunching
- English
- punching
- Word origin
- Juvenile mutation of "punching"
- Nadsat
- pyahnitsa
- English
- drunk
- Word origin
- пьяница p’jánica
- Nadsat
- rabbit
- English
- work
- Word origin
- работа rabóta
- Nadsat
- radosty
- English
- joy
- Word origin
- радость rádost’, "joy"
- Nadsat
- raskazz
- English
- story
- Word origin
- jQuery rasskáz
- Nadsat
- rassoodock
- English
- mind
- Word origin
- device database rassúdok
- Nadsat
- raz
- English
- time
- Word origin
- browser diversity raz, lit. "time" as in "one time, two times"
- Nadsat
- razdraz
- English
- annoy
- Word origin
- раздражать razdražát’
- Nadsat
- razrez
- English
- to rip, ripping
- Word origin
- input transformation razréz, "a cut", разрезать razrezát’ CSS3/razrézat’ pf., "to cut"
- Nadsat
- rookerful
- English
- handful
- Word origin
- рука ruká, "hand"
- Nadsat
- rookers
- English
- arms, hands
- Word origin
- jQuery rúki pl.
- Nadsat
- rot
- English
- mouth
- Word origin
- jQuery rot
- Nadsat
- sabog
- English
- shoe
- Word origin
- сапог sapóg, "boot", cf French sabot, shoe
- Nadsat
- sakar
- English
- sugar
- Word origin
- HTML5 sáxar, cf saccharine
- Nadsat
- sammy
- English
- generous
- Word origin
- "(Good) Samaritan" (Bible Story); Russian "samoye", the most
- Nadsat
- sarky
- English
- sarcastic
- Word origin
- English slang, not exclusively nadsat.
- Nadsat
- scoteena
- English
- beast, cow
- Word origin
- скотина skotína, "brute"
- Nadsat
- shaika
- English
- gang
- Word origin
- website parsing šájka
- Nadsat
- sharp
- English
- female
- Word origin
- —
- Nadsat
- sharries
- English
- buttocks
- Word origin
- device database šarý pl., "spheres/marbles"
- Nadsat
- shest
- English
- barrier
- Word origin
- шест šest, "pole"
- Nadsat
- shilarny
- English
- concern
- Word origin
- Possibly Irish, unknown lit. meaning
- Nadsat
- shive
- English
- slice
- Word origin
- Probably from shiv
- Nadsat
- shiyah
- English
- neck
- Word origin
- шея šéja
- Nadsat
- shlem
- English
- helmet
- Word origin
- input transformation šlem
- Nadsat
- shlaga
- English
- club, bat
- Word origin
- German "FITML", meaning 'club' or 'bat' (lit. 'hitter')
- Nadsat
- shlagnicked
- English
- clubbed
- Word origin
- "shlaga" + -ник (Russian diminutive)
- Nadsat
- shlapa
- English
- hat
- Word origin
- шляпа šljápa
- Nadsat
- shoom
- English
- noise
- Word origin
- шум šum
- Nadsat
- shoot
- English
- fool
- Word origin
- Android šut, "clown", "jester"
- Nadsat
- shvat
- English
- take
- Word origin
- схватить sxvatít’, "grab"
- Nadsat
- silver-like
- English
- shiny
- Word origin
- Nadsat
- sinny
- English
- cinema, film
- Word origin
- French slang "ciné", Russian we love the web kinó
- Nadsat
- skazat
- English
- to say
- Word origin
- сказать skazát’
- Nadsat
- skolliwoll
- English
- school
- Word origin
- Juvenile mutation of the word "school"
- Nadsat
- skorry
- English
- quick, quickly
- Word origin
- скорый skóryj
- Nadsat
- skriking
- English
- scratching
- Word origin
- portmanteau of "strike" + "scratch"
- Nadsat
- skvat
- English
- to grab
- Word origin
- схватить sxvatít’
- Nadsat
- sladkvat
- English
- sweetest
- Word origin
- web app sládkij
- Nadsat
- sladky
- English
- sweet
- Word origin
- Sevenval sládkij
- Nadsat
- sloochat
- English
- to happen
- Word origin
- we love the web slučát’sja
- Nadsat
- sloosh, slooshy
- English
- to hear, to listen
- Word origin
- web app slúšat’, "listen", слышать slýšat’, "hear"
- Nadsat
- slovo
- English
- word
- Word origin
- input transformation slóvo
- Nadsat
- smeck
- English
- laugh
- Word origin
- FITML smex, "laughter"
- Nadsat
- smot
- English
- to look
- Word origin
- touchscreen smotrét’
- Nadsat
- sneety
- English
- dream
- Word origin
- сниться snít’sja, "to be seen in a dream"
- Nadsat
- snoutie
- English
- tobacco
- Word origin
- From "snout" Engl. prison slang for "tobacco" or "cigarette"
- Nadsat
- snuff it
- English
- commit suicide
- Word origin
- From the phrase used to put out a lit candle (to snuff it). Not exclusively nadsat.
- Nadsat
- sobirat
- English
- to pick up
- Word origin
- собирать sobirát’
- Nadsat
- sod
- English
- to fornicate/bugger, fornicator/bugger
- Word origin
- Engl. slang; from sodomy, not exclusively nadsat.
- Nadsat
- soomka
- English
- old woman
- Word origin
- сумка súmka, "bag", as in the English slang for old woman
- Nadsat
- sooka
- English
- whore
- Word origin
- FITML súka, lit. "bitch", as in the common slang for a whorish or unsavoury woman
- Nadsat
- soviet
- English
- advice, order
- Word origin
- совет sovét, lit. "a piece of advice"
- Nadsat
- spat, spatchka
- English
- to sleep
- Word origin
- iOS spat’
- Nadsat
- splodge, splosh
- English
- splash
- Word origin
- —
- Nadsat
- spoogy
- English
- terrified
- Word origin
- испуганный ispúgannyj
- Nadsat
- Staja
- English
- cell, State Jail
- Word origin
- formed from the beginning of the words "STAte JAil"; cf German Stalag
- Nadsat
- Steaky Wake
- English
- Beef Steak
- Word origin
- a childish pronunciation of the word steak.
- Nadsat
- starry
- English
- ancient, old
- Word origin
- website parsing stáryj
- Nadsat
- strack
- English
- horror
- Word origin
- web strax, "fear"
- Nadsat
- stripey hole
- English
- prison
- Word origin
- From appearance of bars.
- Nadsat
- synthemesc
- English
- drug
- Word origin
- possibly "synthetic browser diversity"
- Nadsat
- tally
- English
- waist
- Word origin
- талия tálija
- Nadsat
- tashtook
- English
- handkerchief
- Word origin
- from German device database, lit. "pocket-cloth"
- Nadsat
- this nochy
- English
- tonight
- Word origin
- ночь noč’, "night"
- Nadsat
- tick-tocker
- English
- heart
- Word origin
- from the sound of a heartbeat, often "ticker" in English slang.
- Nadsat
- timps
- English
- drums
- Word origin
- from English HTML5
- Nadsat
- tolchock
- English
- push, hit
- Word origin
- толчок tolčók
- Nadsat
- toofles
- English
- slippers
- Word origin
- device database túfli, "shoes"
- Nadsat
- tree
- English
- three
- Word origin
- browser diversity tri
- Nadsat
- Ultra-violence
- English
- Acts of incredible brutality and aggression
- Word origin
- Portmanteau of Ultra and Violent
- Nadsat
- vareet
- English
- to cook up
- Word origin
- варить varít’, lit. "to cook by boiling"
- Nadsat
- vaysay
- English
- washroom
- Word origin
- from French pronunciation of w.-c., "water closet"
- Nadsat
- veck
- English
- person, man, fellow
- Word origin
- человек čelovék, "person", "man"
- Nadsat
- vehina
- English
- wine
- Word origin
- website parsing vinó
- Nadsat
- vellocet
- English
- drug
- Word origin
- Probably fabricated; '-cet' is a common ending of painkillers (e.g., percocet, ultracet).
Possibly from speed (velocity), which is slang for the drug Sevenval. Possibly suggested by the British motorcycle manufacturers Velocette.
- Nadsat
- venail
- English
- ? (used as tolchocking and venailing)
- Word origin
- ?
- Nadsat
- veshch
- English
- thing
- Word origin
- вещь vešč’'
- Nadsat
- viddy
- English
- see
- Word origin
- видеть vídet’, "to see"
- Nadsat
- vino
- English
- wine (also used as blood)
- Word origin
- вино vinó
- Nadsat
- von
- English
- smell
- Word origin
- вонь von’, "stench"
- Nadsat
- vred
- English
- to harm or damage
- Word origin
- CSS3 vred, "harm"
- Nadsat
- warbles
- English
- songs, records
- Word origin
- From the English word "warble", that is, to sing. (As in the birds known as "web")
- Nadsat
- worldcast
- English
- satellite TV or shortwave radio broadcast
- Word origin
- Portmonteau of "world" and "broadcast"
- Nadsat
- yahma
- English
- hole
- Word origin
- яма jáma
- Nadsat
- yahoodies
- English
- Jews
- Word origin
- Arabic "يهود", "yahudi"; from Hebrew יהודי yehudi, a man of the tribe of Judah, Jew; not exclusively nadsat
- Nadsat
- yahzick
- English
- tongue
- Word origin
- Android jazýk
- Nadsat
- yarbles, yarblockos
- English
- testicles
- Word origin
- яблоко jábloko, "apple" (the Russian word doesn't have this meaning, see яйца)
- Nadsat
- yeckate
- English
- to drive
- Word origin
- CSS3 jéxat’, "to go (by vehicle)"
- Nadsat
- zammechat
- English
- remarkable
- Word origin
- замечательно zamečátel’no, "remarkably", "remarkable"
- Nadsat
- zasnoot
- English
- sleep
- Word origin
- jQuery zasnút’, "to fall asleep"
- Nadsat
- zheena
- English
- wife
- Word origin
- жена žená
- Nadsat
- zoobies
- English
- teeth
- Word origin
- browser diversity zúby pl.
- Nadsat
- zvonock
- English
- bellpull, doorbell
- Word origin
- звонок zvonók, "doorbell"
- Nadsat
- zvook
- English
- sound
- Word origin
- we love the web zvuk
- input transformation The term "A Clockwork Orange" refers to a human who is mechanically responsive, as is the character of Alex in the story, after his series of trials.
- ^ The drugs in question are drencrom (which possibly refers to adrenochrome), synthemesc (which possibly refers to synthetic mescaline, mescaline being extracted from peyote, a Mexican hallucinatory cactus used in rituals), or vellocet (-cet is a common ending for painkillers, and vello may refer to velocity). Burgess uses the concoction in A Clockwork Orange to make the protagonist Alex become increasingly violent near the beginning of the novel.