A Clockwork Orange

Anthony Burgess

Terms

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Terms Nadsat Glossary

A

Appy-polly loggies

apologies

B

Baboochka

old woman
Bezoomny

crazy
Bitva

battle
Bog

God
Bolshy

big
Bratty, brat

brother
Britva

razor

C

Cal

shit
Cancer

cigarette
Cantora

room
Carman

pocket
Chasha

cup
Chasso

guard
Cheena

woman
To cheest

to wash
Chelloveck

man, gentleman
Chepooka

nonsense
Collocoll

bell
To crast

to steal
To creech

to scream
Cutter

money

D

Deng

money
Devotchka

girl
Dobby

good
Domy

house
To drats

to fight
Droog, droogie

friend

E

Eemya

name
Eggiweg

egg

F

To filly

to play
Forella

lady, woman

G

Glaz, glazzy

eye, nipple (in context)
Gloopy

stupid
Golly

coin
Goloss

voice
Goober

lip
To gooly

to go
Gorlo

throat
To govoreet

to talk, speak
Grahzny

dirty
Grazzy

dirty
Gromky

loud
Groody

breast
Gulliver

head
Guff

laugh

H

Hen-korm

pocket change
Horrorshow

good
Hound-and-horny

common

I

Interessovated

interested
To itty

to go

J

Jammiwam

jam, jelly
Jeezny

life

K

Kleb

bread
Klootch

key
Kopat

understand
Koshka

cat
Krovvy

blood
To kupet

to buy

L

Lewdies

people
Lighter

drinker
Litso

face
Lomtick

piece
To lovet

to catch
To lubbilub

to kiss

M

Malchick

boy
Malenky

little
Maslo

butter
Messel

idea
Mesto

place
Millicent

policeman
Molodoy

young
Moloko

milk
Moodge

man, husband
Mounch

food
Mozg

brain

N

Nadsat

teen
Nagoy

naked
Neezhnies

panties
Nochy

night
Noga

foot, leg
Nosh

knife

O

Oddy knocky

alone
Okno

window
To ookadeet

to leave
Ooko

ear
Oomny

smart
Oozy

chain
To osoosh

to wipe
Otchkies

glasses

P

To peet

to drink
Pischa

food
To platch

to cry
Platties

clothes
Pletcho

shoulder
Plot

body
Pol

sex
To pony

to understand
Poogly

frightened
Pooshka

pistol
Prestoopnick

degenerate
Pretty polly

money
To prod

to produce
Ptitsa

woman
Pyahnitsa

drunk

R

To rabbit

to work
Radosty

joy
Rassoodock

mind
Raz

time
Razdraz

angry
Razrez

anger
To razrez

to tear
Rooker

hand or arm
Rot

mouth
Rozz

policeman

S

Sabog

shoe
Sarky

sarcastic
Shaika

gang
Sharp

woman
Sharries

(expletive to be used with “kiss my –”)
Shest

barrier
Shilarny

interest
Shlaga

club, cudgel
Shlapa

hat
Shlem

helmet
Shoom

noise
Shoomny

noisy
Shoot

fool
Sinny

cinema
To skazat

to say
Skolliwol

school
Skorry

fast
To skvat

to snatch
Sladky

sweet
To sloochat

to happen
To slooshy

to hear
Slovo

word
To smeck

laugh
To smot

to see
Sneety

dream
Snoutie

mucus coming from the nose
To sobirat

to pick up
To spat with

to have sex with
Spatchka

sleep
Starry

old

T

Tashtook

handkerchief
To tolchock

to hit
Twenty-to-one

gang violence

U

Ultra-violence

rape

V

What was vareeting

what was up
Veck

man, guy
Veshch

thing
To viddy

to see
Voloss

hair
Von

smell
To vred

to injure

Y

Yahma

hole
Yahzick

tongue
Yarbles

testicles, bollocks
To yeckat

to drive

Z

Zheena

wife
Zlook

ring, sound
Zooby

tooth

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