Concordance:A Clockwork Orange

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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 3 C 4 D 5 E 6 F 7 G 8 H 9 I 10 J 11 K 12 L 13 M 14 N 15 O 16 P 17 R 18 S 19 T 20 V 21 W 22 Y 23 Z

Nadsat	English	Word origin
[edit] A
appy polly loggy	apology	Highly exaggerated pronunciation of apology
[edit] B
baboochka	old woman	бабушка, babushka lit. "grandmother"
baddiwad	bad	Young child talk
banda	band	банда, banda "gang"
barry place	prison	From bars on windows in Prisons.
bezoomny	mad, crazy	безумный bezumny
biblio	library	библиотека, biblioteka
bitva	battle	битва, bitva
Bog	God	бог, bog
bolnoy	sick	больной bol'noy
bolshy	big, great	большой bol'shoy
boohoo, boohoohoo	to cry	from the sound that one makes while crying
brat, bratty	brother	брат, brat
bratchny	bastard	брачный (matrimonial), brachny - likely a shortened внебрачный (out-of-wedlock), vnebrachny, even though stripping it of the prefix inverts the meaning
britva	razor	бритва britva
brooko	belly	брюхо bryukho
brosay, brosat	to throw	бросай (throw! - imperative), brosay, бросать, "to throw"
bugatty	rich	богатый, bogaty.
[edit] C
cal	crap	кал, kal "feces", sometimes used as an invective as well
cancer	cigarette	From the disease heavy smoking is most commonly associated with
cantora	office	контора, kontora
carman	pocket	карман, karman
chai	tea	чай, chay
charles, charlie	chaplain	a play on Charlie Chaplin
chasha	cup	чашка, chashka; чаша, chasha, "large bowl"
chasso	guard	часовой, chasovoy
cheena	woman	женщина, zhenshchina
cheest	to wash	чистить, chistit', "to clean"
chelloveck	person, man, fellow	человек, chelovek, "person", "man"
chepooka	nonsense	чепуха, chepukha
choodessny	wonderful	чудесный, chudesny
chumble	to mumble	—
clop	to knock	хлопать, khlopat', "clap"
cluve	beak	клюв, klyuv
collocol	bell	колокол, kolokol
crack	to break up, smash	—
crark	to howl	?
crast	steal, rob, robbery	красть, krast', "to steal"
creech	to shout, scream	кричать, krichat'
cutter	money	From Cockney rhyming slang derived from 'bread-and-butter'
[edit] D
dama	lady	дама, dama
ded, dedoochka	old man	дед, ded, дедушка, dedooshka "grandfather", coll. "old man"
deng	money	деньги, den'gi
devotchka	young woman	девочка, devochka, "girl"
dobby	good	добрый, dobry "kind", "good"
dook	trace, ghost	дух, dukh, lit. "spirit"
domy	house	дом, dom
dorogoy	dear, valuable	дорогой, dorogoy
dratsing	fighting	драться, dratsya, "to fight"
drencrom	drug	possibly "Adrenochrome"
droog	friend	друг, droog, "friend"
dung	to defecate	—
dva	two	два, dva
[edit] E
eegra	game	игра, igra
eemya	name	имя, imya
eggiweg	egg	Juvenile mutation of "egg"
[edit] F
filly	to play or fool around with	dim. of "fiddle"
firegold	drink	?
fist	to punch	from Engl. fist
flip	wild	?
forella	trout	форель, forel
fuzzy	scratchy
[edit] G
gazetta	newspaper	газета, gazeta
glazz, glazzies, glazzballs	eye, eyes (also used to refer to nipples)	глаз, glaz
gloopy	stupid	глупый, glupy
golly	unit of money	rhyming slang, "lolly," or "polly"
goloss	voice	голос, golos
goober	lip	губа, guba
gooly	to walk	гулять, gulyat'
gorlo	throat	горло
govoreet	speak	говорить, govorit'
grahzny	dirty	грязный, gryazny
grazzy	soiled	грязь, gryaz', "dirt", грязный, gryazny, "dirty"
gromky	loud	громкий
groody	breast	грудь, grud', "breast", груди, grudi, "breasts"
gruppa	group	группа, gruppa
gulliver	head	голова, golova
guttiwuts	guts	Young child talk
[edit] H
hen-korm	chickenfeed	Engl. hen + корм, korm, lit. "feed (noun)"
horn	to cry out	—
horrorshow	good, well, excellent	хорошо, khorosho, "well", "good"
[edit] I
in-out in-out, the old in and out	sexual intercourse/rape	—
interessovat	to interest	интересовать, interesovat
itty	to go	идти, idti, "to go"
[edit] J
jammiwam	jam	Juvenile mutation of the word "jam"
jeezny	life	жизнь, zhizn'
[edit] K
kartoffel	potatoes	картофель, kartofel which itself is derived from German Kartoffel, "potato"
kashl	cough	кашель, kashel
keeshkas	guts	кишка, kishka, "gut"
kleb	bread	хлеб, khleb
klootch	key	ключ, klyuch
knives	drugs
knopka	button	кнопка
kopat	to 'dig' (appreciate)	копать, "to dig" (literally)
korova	cow	корова
koshka, kot	cat, tomcat	кошка, кот
koshtoom	clothing	костюм, kostyum "suit"
krovvy	blood	кровь, krov'
kupet	to buy	купить, kupit'
[edit] L
lapa	paw	лапа
lewdies	people	люди, lyudi
litso	face	лицо
lomtick	piece, bit	ломтик, lomtik, "slice"
luna	moon	луна
loveted	caught	ловить, lovit', "to catch"
lubbilubbing	making love	любить, lyubit', "to love", люблю, lyublyu, "(I) love"
luscious glory	hair	rhyming slang, possibly "upper storey" (or, more likely, a reference to 'crowning glory')
[edit] M
malchick	boy	мальчик
malenky	little, tiny	маленький
maslo	butter	масло
merzky	filthy	мерзкий, lit. "vile"
messel	thought, fancy	мысль, mysl'
mesto	place	место
mewler (or: mowler)	to mew	—
millicents	police	from милиционер, militsioner, lit. "a militsiya officer"
minoota	minute	минута, minuta
molodoy	young	молодой
moloko	milk	молоко
Moloko plus	milk laced with drugs	(see notes) [1]
moodge	man	муж, muzh, "husband", archaic, high-flown "man"
morder	snout	морда, morda
mounch	snack	munch
mozg	brain	мозг
[edit] N
nachinat	to begin	начинать, nachinat'
nadmenny	arrogant	надменный
nadsat	teenage	from -надцать, -nadtsat, '-teen' suffix; e.g., одиннадцать, двенадцать, тринадцать, etc.
nagoy	naked	нагой, "nude", high-flown for "naked"
nazz	fool	назад, nazad, "backward"
neezhnies	underpants	нижнее, nizhneye, "lower" (adjective); нижнее бельё, nizhneye belyo, "underwear"
nochy	night	ночь, noch'
nogas	feet, legs	нога, noga
nozh	knife	нож
nuking	smelling	нюхать, nyukhat'
[edit] O
oddy knocky	on one's own	одинокий, odinokiy, lit. "lonesome"
odin	one	один
okno	window	окно
oobivat	to kill	убивать, ubivat'
ookadeet	to leave	уходить, ukhodit'
ooko	ear	ухо, ukho
oomny	brainy	умный, umny, "clever"
oozhassny	terrible	ужасный, uzhasny
oozy	chain	узы, "shackles"
osoosh	to wipe	осушать, osushat', "to dry"
otchkies	eyeglasses	очки, ochki
[edit] P
pan-handle	erection	—
pee and em	father and mother	"pa and ma," "pater and mater"
peet	to drink	пить pit'
pishcha	food	пища, pishcha
platch	to cry	плач, plach
platties	clothes	платье, platye
pletcho	shoulder	плечо, plecho
plenny	prisoner	пленный, plenny, lit. "captive"
plesk	splash	плеск
plosh	to splash	onomatopoeia "kerplosh"
plott	body	плоть, plot', "flesh"
podooshka	pillow	подушка, podushka
pol	sex	пол, "gender"
polezny	useful	полезный
polyclef	skeleton key	clef is French for "key"; poly- is Greek, meaning "many"
pony	to understand	понимать, ponimat', "to understand"
poogly	frightened	испуганный, "frightened", пугливый, puglivy, "easily scared"
pooshka	gun	пушка, pushka, literally "cannon", slang "gun"
prestoopnik	criminal	преступник, prestupnik
privodeet	to lead somewhere	приводить, privodit'
pretty polly	money	rhyming slang, "lolly"
prod	to produce	—
ptitsa	girl	птица, ptitsa, "bird" (common slang in Britain for a young woman)
pyahnitsa	drunk	пьяница, pyanitsa
[edit] R
rabbit	work	работа, rabota
radosty	joy	радость, radost, "joy"
raskazz	story	рассказ, rasskaz
rassoodock	mind	рассудок, rassudok
raz	time	раз, lit. "time" as in "one time, two times"
razdraz	annoy	раздражать, razdrazhat'
razrez	to rip, ripping	разрез, razrez, "a cut", разрезать, razrezat', "to cut"
rookers	arms, hands	руки, ruki
rot	mouth	рот
rozz	policeman	rozzer is Cockney slang for "policeman"
[edit] S
sabog	shoe	сапог, sapog, "boot"
sakar	sugar	сахар, sakhar
sammy	generous	Good Samaritan (Bible Story)
scoteena	beast	скотина, skotina, "brute"
shaika	gang	шайка, shayka
sharp	female	—
sharries	buttocks	шары, shary, "spheres"
shest	barrier	шест, "pole"
shilarny	concern	Possibly Irish, unknown lit. meaning
shive	slice	Probably from shiv
shiyah	neck	шея, sheya
shlem	helmet	шлем
shlaga	club	German "Schläger", meaning 'club' or 'bat' (lit. 'hitter')
shlapa	hat	шляпа, shlyapa
shoom	noise	шум, shum
shoot	fool	шут, shut, "clown", "jester"
sinny	cinema	-the first syllable with "y" added
skazat	to say	сказать, skazat'
skolliwoll	school	Juvenile mutation of the word "school"
skorry	quick, quickly	скорый skory
skriking	scratching	—
skvat	to grab	схватить, skhvatit
sladky	sweet	сладкий, sladkiy
sloochat	to happen	случаться, sluchatsya
sloosh, slooshy	to hear, to listen	слушать, slushat, "listen", слышать, slyshat, "hear"
slovo	word	слово
smeck	laugh	смех, smekh, "laughter"
smot	to look	смотреть, smotret'
sneety	dream	сниться, snitsya, "to be seen in a dream"
snoutie	tobacco	Possibly a form of snuff tobacco
snuff it	commit suicide	From the phrase used to put out a lit candle (to snuff it). Not exclusively nadsat.
sobirat	to pick up	собирать, sobirat'
sod	to fornicate, fornicator	Engl. slang; from sodomy
soomka	old woman	сумка, sumka, "bag", as in the English slang for old woman
sooka	whore	сука, sooka, lit. "bitch", as in the common slang for a whorish or unsavoury woman
soviet	advice, order	совет, soviet, lit. "a piece of advice"
spat, spatchka	to sleep	спать, spat'
splodge, splosh	splash	—
spoogy	terrified	испуганный, ispuganny
Staja	cell, State Jail	formed from the beginning of the words "STAte JAil"
Steaky Wake	Beef Steak	a childish pronunciation of the word steak.
starry	ancient, old	старый, stary
strack	horror	страх, strakh, "fear"
synthemesc	drug	possibly "synthetic mescaline"
[edit] T
tally	waist	талия, taliya
tashtook	handkerchief	from German Taschentuch, lit. "pocket-cloth"
tass	cup	from French tasse or German Tasse
tick-tocker	heart	from the sound of a heartbeat
timps	drums	from English timpani
tolchock	push, hit	толчок
toofles	slippers	туфли, tufli, "shoes"
tree	three	три, tri
[edit] V
vareet	to cook up	варить, varit', lit. "to cook by boiling"
vaysay	washroom	from French pronunciation of w.-c., "water closet"
veck	person, man, fellow	человек, chelovek, "person", "man"
vehina	wine	вино, vino
vellocet	drug	Probably fabricated; '-cet' is a common ending of painkillers (e.g., percocet, ultracet). Possibly from speed (velocity), which is slang for the drug amphetamine. Possibly suggested by the British motorcycle manufacturers Velocette.
venail	? (used as tolchocking and venailing)	?
veshch	thing	вещь, veshch'
viddy	see	видеть, videt', "to see"
vino	wine (also used as blood)	вино
voloss	hair	волос, volos, "a hair"; волосы, volosy, "hair"
von	smell	вонь, "stench"
vred	to harm or damage	вред, "harm"
[edit] W
warbles	songs	From the English word "warble", that is, to sing. (As in the birds warblers)
[edit] Y
yahma	hole	яма, yama
yahoodies	Jews	from Hebrew יהודי yehudi, a man of the tribe of Judah, Jew
yahzick	tongue	язык, yazyk
yarbles, yarblockos	testicles	яблоко, yabloko, "apple"
yeckate	to drive	ехать, yekhat', "to go (by vehicle)"
[edit] Z
zammechat	remarkable	замечательно, zamechatel'no, "remarkably", "remarkable"
zasnoot	sleep	заснуть, zasnut', "to fall asleep"
zheena	wife	жена, zhena
zoobies	teeth	зубы, zuby
zvonock	bellpull, doorbell	звонок, zvonok, "doorbell"
zvook	sound	звук, zvuk

• Notes:

1. ^ 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.