NADSAT GLOSSARY

Just for fun, I thought it might be real horrorshow to include a nadsat glossary for those of you that are Clockwork Orange fans.

Words that don't seem to be of Russian origin are distinguished by asterisks.

* 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
  cal - feces
* cancer - cigarette
  cantora - office
  carman - pocket
  chai - tea
* charles, charlie - chaplain
  chasha - cup
  chasso - guard
  cheena - woman
  cheest - to wash
  chelloveck - person, man, follow
  chepooka - nonsense
  choodessny - wonderful
* chumble - to mumble
  clop - beak
  collocoll - bell
* crack - to break up or "bust"
* crark - to yowl?
  crast - to rob or steal; 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
  droog - friend (ie: my droogies)
* dung - to defecate
  dva - two
  eegra - game
  eemya - name
* eggiweg - egg
* filly - to play or fool with
* 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
  govorett - to speak or talk
  grahzny - dirty
  grazzy - soiled
  gromky - loud
  groody - breast
  gruppa - group
* guff - guffaw
  gulliver - head
* gulliwuts - 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
  kootch - key
  knopka - button
  kopat - to "dig"
  koshka - cat
  kot - tomcat
  krovvy - blood
  kupet - to buy
  lapa - paw
  lewdies - people
* lighter - crone?
  litso - face
  tomtick - piece, bit
  loveted - caught
  lubbilubbing - making love
* luscious glory - hair
  malchick - boy
  malenky - little, tiny
  malso - butter
  merzky - filthy
  messel - thought, fancy
  mesto - place
  millicent - policeman
  minoota - minute
  molodoy - young
  moloko - milk
  moodge - man
  morder - snout
* mounch - snack
  mozg - brain
  nachinat - to begin
  nadmenny - arrogant
  nadsat - teenage
  nagoy - naked
* nazz - fool
  neezhnies - underpants
  nochy - night
  noga - 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
  pischcha - food
  platch - to cry
  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"
  prestoopnik - criminal
  privodeet - to lead somewhere
* pretty polly - money
  prod - to produce
  ptitsa - "chick"
  pyahnitsa - drunk
  rabbit - work, job
  radosty - joy
  raskazz - story
  rassoodock - mind
  raz - time
  razdraz - upset
  razrez - to rip, ripping
  rock, rooker - hand, arm
  rot - mouth
  rozz - policeman
  sabog - shoe
  sakar - sugar
  sammy - generous
* sarky - sarcastic
  scotenna - "cow"
  shaika - gang
* sharp - female
  sharries - buttocks
  shest - barrier
* shilarny - concern
* shive - slice
  shiyah - neck
  shlem - helmet
* shlaga - club
  shlapa - hat
  shoom - noise
  shoot - fool
* sinny - cinema
  shazat - to say
* skolliwoll - school
  skorry - quick, quickly
* shriking - scratching
  shvat - to grab
  sladky - sweet
  sloochat - to happen
  sloosh, slosshy - to hear, to listen
  slovo - word
  smech - laugh
  smot - to look
  sneety - dream
* snoutie - tobacco?
* snuff it - to die
  sobirat - to pick up
* sod - to fornicate, fornicator
  soomaka - "bag"
  soviet - advice, order
  spat - to sleep
  spatchka - sleep
* splodge, splosh - splash
* spoogy - terrified
* Staja - State Jail
  starry - ancient
  strack - horror
* synthemesc - drug
  tally - waist
* tashtook - handkerchief
* tass - cup
  tolchock - to hit or push;blow, beating
  toofles - slippers
  tree - three
  vareet - to "cook up"
* vaysay - washroom
  veck - (see chelloveck)
* vellocet - drug
  veshch - thing
  viddy - to see or look
  voloss - hair
  von - smell
  vred - to harm or damage
  yahma - hole
* yahoodies - Jews
  yabzick - tongue
* yarbles - testicles
  yeckate - to drive
* warble - song
  zammechat - remarkable
  zasnoot - sleep
  zhenna - wife
  zoobies - teeth
  zvonock - bellpull
  zvook - sound
 

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