Nadsat

Proper noun

Meaning

nadsat

Alternative letter-case form of Nadsat.

Nadsat (plural Nadsats)

The Russian-influenced argot used by the teenage protagonists in Anthony Burgess's novel A Clockwork Orange (1962). [from 1962]

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Examples

Burgess's interest in language was reflected in the invented, Anglo-Russian teen slang of A Clockwork Orange ( Nadsat ), and in the movie Quest for Fire (1981), for which he invented a prehistoric language (Ulam) for the characters. Source: Internet

He later meets and marries a girl, renouncing his old ways and even losing his former ( Nadsat ) speech patterns. Source: Internet

Consequently Gulliver becomes the Nadsat expression for the concept "head". Source: Internet

Nadsat slang from A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess ). Source: Internet

Nadsat was also used in Stanley Kubrick 's film adaptation of the book. Source: Internet

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