Nadsat

//ˈnɑːdsət//

Synonyms for "nadsat"

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Translations

9 translations across 8 languages.

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Belarusian

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  • Надсат name (Russian-influenced argot used in A Clockwork Orange (1962))
  • надцать name (Russian-influenced argot used in A Clockwork Orange (1962))

Esperanto

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  • Nadsato name (Russian-influenced argot used in A Clockwork Orange (1962))

German

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  • Nadsat name (Russian-influenced argot used in A Clockwork Orange (1962))

Japanese

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  • ナッドサット name (Russian-influenced argot used in A Clockwork Orange (1962))

Persian

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  • ندست name (Russian-influenced argot used in A Clockwork Orange (1962))

Russian

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  • Надсат name (Russian-influenced argot used in A Clockwork Orange (1962))

Swedish

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  • Nadsat name (Russian-influenced argot used in A Clockwork Orange (1962))

Ukrainian

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  • Надсат name (Russian-influenced argot used in A Clockwork Orange (1962))

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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[…] Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange, narrated by its teenage punk of a protagonist in an argot called nadsat, which is composed (a psychologist in the book explains) of "odd bits of rhyming slang. A bit of gypsy talk, too. But most of its roots are Slav." […] Despite the dazzling tour de force Burgess brings off, l have not included A Clockwork Orange in my discussion for several reasons. First, nadsat is primarily a parody of the exclusiveness and ephemerality of teenage slang: […]

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Concocted from various sources including rhyming slang, modified Russian and Slavic vocabularies, and a dash of pure invention on Burgess's part, nadsat captivated [David] Bowie, particularly after he had heard it spoken aloud in Stanley Kubrick's celebrated film adaptation. […] Within days of seeing Kubrick's film in January 1972, David had incorporated the nadsat word "droog" (Russian for "friend", and the term given by Alex to his fellow hoodlums) into the lyric of his latest song 'Suffragette City'.

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[…] Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange, narrated by its teenage punk of a protagonist in an argot called nadsat, which is composed (a psychologist in the book explains) of "odd bits of rhyming slang. A bit of gypsy talk, too. But most of its roots are Slav." […] Despite the dazzling tour de force Burgess brings off, l have not included A Clockwork Orange in my discussion for several reasons. First, nadsat is primarily a parody of the exclusiveness and ephemerality of teenage slang: […]

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The Iraqi Misinformation Minisiter speaks about ACO in Nadsat!

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