A Clockwork Orange - Burgess, Anthony [77]
Glossary of Nadsat Language
Words that do not appear to be of Russian origin are distinguished by asterisks. (For help with the Russian, I am indebted to the kindness of my colleague Nora Montesinos and a number of correspondents.)
*appy polly loggy - apology
baboochka - old woman
*baddiwad - bad
banda - band
bezoomny - mad
biblio - library
bitva - battle
Bog - God
bolnoy - sick
bolshy - big,
great brat, bratty - brother
bratchny - bastard
britva - razor
brooko - belly
brosay - to throw
bugatty - rich c
al - feces
*cancer - cigarette
cantora - office
carman - pocket
chai - tea
choodesny - wonderful
*chumble - to mumble
clop - to knock
cluve - beak
collocoll - bell
*crack - to break up or ‘bust’
*crark - to yowl?
crast - to steal or rob;
robbery creech - to shout or scream
*cutter - money
dama - lady
ded - old man
deng - money
devotchka - girl
dobby - good
*dook - trace, ghost
domy - house
dorogoy - dear, valuable
dratsing - fighting
*drencrom - drug
*charles, charlie - chaplain
droog - friend
chasha - cup
*dung - to defecate
chasso - guard
dva - two
cheena - woman
eegra - game
cheest - to wash
eemya - name
chelloveck - person, man,
*eggiweg - egg
fellow
*filly - to play or fool with
chepooka - nonsense
*firegold - drink
*fist - to punch
*flip - wild?
forella - ‘trout’
gazetta - newspaper
glazz - eye
gloopy - stupid
*golly - unit of money
goloss - voice
goober - lip
gooly - to walk
gorlo - throat
govoreet - to speak or talk
grahzny - dirty
loveted - caught
lubbilubbing - making love
*luscious glory - hair
malchick - boy
malenky - little, tiny
maslo - butter
merzky - filthy
messel - thought, fancy
mesto - place
millicent - policeman
minoota - minute
molodoy - young
moloko - milk
grazzy - soiled
gromky - loud
groody - breast
gruppa - group
*guff - guffaw
gulliver - head
*guttiwuts - guts
*hen-korm - chickenfeed
*horn - to cry out
horrorshow - good, well
*in-out in-out - copulation
interessovat - to interest
itty - to go
*jammiwam - jam
jeezny - life
kartoffel - potato
keeshkas - guts
kleb - bread
klootch - key
knopka - button
kopat - to ‘dig’
koshka - cat
kot - tomcat
krovvy - blood
kupet - to buy
lapa - paw
lewdies - people
*lighter - crone?
litso - face
lomtick, piece, bit
platties - clothes
pletcho - shoulder
plenny - prisoner
plesk - splash
*plosh - to splash
plott - body
podooshka - pillow
pol - sex
polezny - useful
*polyclef - skeleton key
pony - to understand
poogly - frightened
pooshka - ‘cannon’
prestoopnick - criminal
privodeet - to lead somewhere
*pretty polly - money
prod - to produce
ptitsa - ‘chick’
moodge - man
morder - snout
*mounch - snack
mozg - brain
nachinat - to begin
nadmenny - arrogant
nadsat - teenage
nagoy - naked
*nazz - fool
neezhnies - underpants
nochy - night
hoga - foot, leg
nozh - knife
nuking - smelling oddy
knocky - lonesome
odin - one
okno - window
oobivat - to kill
ookadeet - to leave
ooko - ear
oomny - brainy
oozhassny - terrible
oozy - chain
osoosh - to wipe
otchkies - eyeglasses
*pan-handle - erection
*pee and em - parents
peet - to drink
pishcha - food
platch - to cry
*shlaga - club
shlapa - hat
shoom - noise
shoot - fool
*sinny - cinema
skazat - to say
*skolliwoll - school
skorry - quick, quickly
*skriking - scratching
skvat - to grab
sladky - sweet
sloochat - to happen
sloosh,