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- Nadsat (‘-надцать’ or ‘-nadtsat’ literally meaning “on ten”) The very name of the Nadsat dialect used by Alex and his friends comes from the Russian suffix that roughly translates to “teen.”
- Droog (‘друг' or ‘droog’ meaning ‘friend’) "There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pete, Georgie, and Dim” Encountered as early as the first page, “droog” is perhaps the most famous Nadsat word from the book.
- Moloko (‘молоко’ or ‘moloko’ meaning ‘milk’) “…after you'd drunk the old moloko… you got the messel that everything all round you was sort of in the past…”
- Horrorshow (‘хорошо’ or ‘khorosho’ meaning ‘good’) “I gave him one real horrorshow kick on the gulliver and he went ohhhh, then he sort of snorted off to like sleep…”
May 14, 2024 · Appendix: A Clockwork Orange. 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.
NadsatEnglishWord Originappy polly loggiesapologiesHighly exaggerated pronunciation of ...autocarShort for automobile; mirrors the usage ...baboochkaold womanбабушка (babuška, literally ...baddiwadbadYoung child talkDeVotchKa is an American four-piece multi-instrumental and vocal ensemble. They take their name from the Russian word devochka (девочка), meaning "girl".
Nov 29, 2003 · Russian word meaning "girl" or "woman," made popular by the 1971 classic A Clockwork Orange, and the all female punk band (hence the name), The Devotchkas.
Nov 5, 2017 · Подруга is the feminine form of "friend", друг and can mean, depending on the context, both: either just a friend or a girlfriend (though this is figurative and obsolete). Девушка is a girl from the age of puberty to womanhood.
Dec 15, 2023 · DeVotchKa — whose name is taken from the Russian word for “girl" — is now celebrating the twentieth anniversary of How It Ends and will play the album in full, something the band has never done...
About DeVotchKa. DeVotchKa spent much of their early years traveling the highways and byways searching for gigs and a musical direction. As time went on, the band began to foster important...
