getting kicked in the nadsats oh my little droogs! perhaps you thought that one lexicon invented by an english novelist was enough for the ragbag. indeed, you could not be more mistaken. today’s installment of f-words comes from anthony burgess’s nadsat argot spoken by his hooligan antihero in a clockwork orange (1962). burgess was a profound lover of languages—he based nadsat on english with some russian loanwords, cockney rhyming slang, words found in the king james bible, german words, and words of his own coinage. here is every single f-word in the nadsat language as found in a clockwork orange. faggy · tired fashed · bothered, annoyed (from scots) filly · to play or fool around with filmdrome · cinema (cf. velodrome, a bicycle arena) firegold · strong drink (cf. firewater) fist · to punch flip · wild forella · trout (from russian форель) fuzzy · scratchy additional bonus: this is a nifty webpage that will translate entered text from english to nadsat to help you confound your parents and subvert your hegemons.

getting kicked in the nadsats

oh my little droogs! perhaps you thought that one lexicon invented by an english novelist was enough for the ragbag. indeed, you could not be more mistaken. today’s installment of f-words comes from anthony burgess’s nadsat argot spoken by his hooligan antihero in a clockwork orange (1962).

burgess was a profound lover of languages—he based nadsat on english with some russian loanwords, cockney rhyming slang, words found in the king james bible, german words, and words of his own coinage. here is every single f-word in the nadsat language as found in a clockwork orange.

  • faggy · tired
  • fashed · bothered, annoyed (from scots)
  • filly · to play or fool around with
  • filmdrome · cinema (cf. velodrome, a bicycle arena)
  • firegold · strong drink (cf. firewater)
  • fist · to punch
  • flip · wild
  • forella · trout (from russian форель)
  • fuzzy · scratchy

additional bonus: this is a nifty webpage that will translate entered text from english to nadsat to help you confound your parents and subvert your hegemons.

March 11, 2010
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