This is a lexicon of all the nadsat words created by English author Anthony Burgess and spoken by Alex and his droogs in Burgess' 1962 novel A CLOCKWORK ORANGE. This lexicon is more complete than the glossary included with some editions of the book. Words or phrases in blue were created & added by myself while tweeting in nadsat at www.twitter.com/MickPuck.
This, O my brothers and only friends, is a lexicon of the nadsat slovos mind-viddied by Britlit scribster Mister Anthony Burgess and skazzated by little Alex and his droogies in the right dobby 1962 tome A CLOCKWORK ORANGE. The lexicon is more complete and like whole than the malenky slovo-list in some print-runs of said dobby tome, and includes all of Mister Burgess’s nadsat slovos as conjured from his mozg and set down in ink-pencil. The slovos in blue were created & added by myself, that is Mick Puck, your humble narrator, while tweeting in nadsat at www.twitter.com/MickPuck. If you want to skazzatt or use my slovos, go ahead, Brother. Better still, mozg-viddy your own. If, on the other rook, you consider it a krovvy sacrilege that yours truly - or any veck else - should add such slovos of their own, and you prefer I keep my mozg zipped up tight as a starry dodderer’s jelly mould - may bog bust and bleed you - then kiss my sharries and great bolshy yarblockos to you.
| afterlunch | afternoon | |
| alc | alcohol | |
| amerikay | America | |
| appetitish | appetizing | |
| appy polly loggies | apologies | |
| appy polly loggy | apology (n) | |
| auld reekieville | Edinburgh | |
| baboochka | old woman | |
| baddiwad | bad | |
| baddiwaddest | baddest | |
| banda | gang | |
| barbering | hairstyle | |
| barter | to buy | |
| bedways | to bed | |
| bezoomny | mad (adj) / lunatic (n) | |
| biblio | library | |
| bitva | battle | |
| bloodstreckied | bloodstained | |
| blub | to sob | |
| blubbed | sobbed | |
| blubbing | sobbing | |
| blubs | sobs | |
| bog | god | |
| bog bust and bleed you | may god strike you down | |
| bog-denier | atheist | |
| bolnoy | sick / ill | |
| bolnoyest | sickest | |
| bolshy | big, great | |
| boo hoo hoo | to cry / weep | |
| boomaboom | thunder | |
| brainbocks | computer | |
| brat / bratty / brattie | brother | |
| bratchnies | bastards | |
| bratchny | bastard | |
| bright-shimmered | colourful | |
| britva | knife, razor | |
| brooko | belly | |
| brosat | to throw | |
| brosatted | threw | |
| bruiseboy | bouncer | |
| bugatties | riches | |
| bugatty | rich | |
| busk-droog | busker | |
| cal | shit | |
| cally | shitty | |
| cancer | cigarette | |
| cantora | office | |
| carman | ||
| chai | tea | |
| charles / charlie | priest, chaplain | |
| chasha | cup | |
| chasso | prison guard / warden | |
| cheena | woman | |
| cheest | to wash | |
| cheested | washed | |
| cheesting | washing | |
| chelloveck | person, man | |
| chepooka | nonsense | |
| chime-shoom | to make chiming sound | |
| choodessny | wonderful | |
| chumble | to mumble | |
| clop | to knock (vb) / knock (n) | |
| clops | knocks | |
| cluve | beak / nose | |
| collocoll | bell | |
| congratubilations | congratulations | |
| costumerie | clothes shop | |
| crack | to break up | |
| crammed | cramped | |
| crark | to yowl | |
| crashdome | hotel | |
| crast | to rob, steal (vb) robbery (n) | |
| crasted | stole | |
| creech: | to scream, shout (vb) / scream / shout (n) | |
| cubie | cubicle / booth | |
| cutter | money | |
| cyclicle | bicycle | |
| dama | lady | |
| dandypants | dandy | |
| darkmans | darkness | |
| de-bag | to unpack | |
| decrep | old man | |
| ded | old man | |
| deng | money | |
| devotchka | woman / girl | |
| disc-bootick | record shop | |
| dobby | good | |
| docu-sinny | documentary | |
| dodderer | old person | |
| doggy collar | dog collar | |
| dome / domy | house | |
| domies | houses | |
| dook | ghost | |
| dorogoy | valuable, dear | |
| dorogoys | valuables | |
| drat | to fight | |
| dratsing | fighting | |
| dratted | fought | |
| drencrom | a drug | |
| drencroms | drugs | |
| droog / droogie | friend / guy / dude | |
| droog-bag | man bag / shoulder bag | |
| droog-duds | fashionable mens' clothes | |
| droogy | friendly | |
| drunky | drunk man / alcoholic | |
| dublinjungle | Dublin | |
| dulcets | voice | |
| dung | to defecate (vb) / shit (n) | |
| dva | two | |
| eats | food (n) | |
| eegra | game | |
| eemya | name | |
| eggiweg | egg | |
| em | mother | |
| endwise | ended / at an end (adj) / up on end (adj.) | |
| every veck else | everyone else | |
| fag | to tire (vb) / something tiring (n) | |
| fagged | tired | |
| fagging | exhausting | |
| faggy | tiring | |
| fang magus | dentist | |
| fashed | tired | |
| fiddledroog | fiddler | |
| filly | to play, fool with | |
| filmdrome | cinema | |
| firegold | a drink | |
| fist | to punch | |
| fizzog | face (n) | |
| flip | wild / wildly | |
| flip-glimmered | psychedelic | |
| footsore | long walk (n) | |
| footsore it | to walk a long way (vb) | |
| forella | trout (insulting term for woman) | |
| fuzzy warbles | psychedelic record | |
| garbo-bin | garbage bin / wastepaper bin | |
| gazetta | newspaper | |
| gazza-ball | football | |
| glazlids | eyelids | |
| glazz | eye | |
| glazz-balls | eyeballs | |
| glazzies | eyes | |
| glazzy | look (n) | |
| glimmer | colour | |
| glimmered | coloured | |
| globby | oily | |
| globie | the world | |
| gloopy | stupid | |
| gobsmackery | surprise | |
| godman | priest | |
| golly | unit of money | |
| goloss | voice | |
| gon | gonorrhea | |
| gone-gone | gone | |
| gongy | contraceptive | |
| goober | lip | |
| goober muck | lipstick | |
| goobers | lips | |
| gooly | to walk | |
| gorgeosity | gorgeousness / beauty | |
| gorlo | throat | |
| gorloes | throats | |
| govoreet | to speak, talk | |
| govoreeted | told | |
| grahznies | dirties | |
| grahzny | dirty (adj) / to dirty (vb) | |
| grape | Adam's apple | |
| grazzy | soiled | |
| gromky | loud | |
| groodies | breasts | |
| groody | breast | |
| gruppa | group | |
| guff | to laugh (vb) / laugh (n) | |
| gulliver | head | |
| guttiwut | gut | |
| guttiwuts | guts / stomach | |
| heighth | height | |
| helmet-gullivered | wearing a 'helmet head' haircut | |
| hen korm | chickenfeed | |
| hogs of the road | kings of the road | |
| holy bearded veck | Jesus Christ | |
| homeways | home | |
| honeyloon | honeymoon | |
| horn | to cry | |
| horning | crying | |
| horrorshow | good | |
| hound and horny | corny | |
| ice | jewellery | |
| ice-stick | iced lolly | |
| in out, in out | sexual intercourse | |
| in-the-land | stoned / out of it | |
| ink-pencil | pen | |
| interessovat | to interest | |
| interessovated | interested | |
| interessovatting | interesting | |
| itty | to go | |
| jammiwam | jam | |
| jeezny | life | |
| jelly mould | codpiece | |
| jetzoom | to fly by aeroplane | |
| jocknaut | Scottish person | |
| journoscribber | journalist | |
| Kaledonia | Scotland | |
| kartoffel | potatoes | |
| keeshkas / kishkas | guts | |
| kiss my sharries | kiss my ass | |
| kleb | bread | |
| klootch | key | |
| knopka | button | |
| knopkavat | to push a button | |
| kopat | to dig, groove | |
| koshka | cat / dude | |
| koshky | catty | |
| kot | tomcat | |
| krovvier | bloody | |
| krovvy | blood | |
| kupet | to buy | |
| lapa | paw | |
| letter-slit | letterbox | |
| lewdies | people | |
| lighter | crone | |
| liny | lined / wrinkled | |
| lip-music | raspberry (ruse sound) | |
| lip-trump | raspberry (rude sound) | |
| litshop | bookstore | |
| litso | to face | |
| Liverpuddle | Liverpool | |
| Liverpuddle Ian | Ian McNabb / Ian MacCulloch / any Liverpudlian 'Ian' | |
| lomtick | to piece (vb) / piece (n) | |
| lovet | to catch | |
| loveted | caught / captured | |
| lubbilub | to make love | |
| Ludwig Van | Beethoven | |
| Ludwig Van's glorious Ninth | Beethoven's Ninth Symphony | |
| luna | moon | |
| luscious glory | hair | |
| mailies | post / letters (n) | |
| malchick / malchickiwick | boy | |
| malenky | little, tiny | |
| manky | dirty | |
| mappy | wrinkled | |
| maslo | butter | |
| mentalising | thinking | |
| merzky | filthy / vile | |
| messel | thought, fancy (n) | |
| messeliest | fanciest | |
| mesto | place | |
| mestoes | places | |
| millicent | policeman | |
| mind-viddy | to imagine | |
| minoota | minute | |
| molodoy | young | |
| moloko | milk | |
| moodge | man | |
| morder | nose, snout (n) / to nose (vb) | |
| mounch | snack (n) / to snack (vb) | |
| mozg | brain | |
| mozggies | brains | |
| my syphilised yarbles | my arse / expression of contempt or disbelief | |
| nachinat | to begin | |
| nachinatovat | beginning (n) | |
| nadmenny | arrogant | |
| nadsat | teen | |
| nagoy | naked | |
| nazz | fool (n) / to fool (vb) | |
| nazzes | fools (vb) | |
| nazzies | fools (n. pl) | |
| neezhnies | underpants | |
| nochy | night | |
| noga | foot |
| nordic empire | Scandinavia | |
| noshjoint | restaurant | |
| noshpit | restaurant | |
| noshy | to eat | |
| nozh | knife | |
| nuke | smell (n) / to smell (vb) | |
| nuke time | to kill time (vb) | |
| nuke-a-tron | microwave | |
| nun-grey | grey / boring / colourless | |
| oddy knocky | lonesome | |
| odin | one | |
| okno | window | |
| oknoes | windows | |
| on my oddy knocky | alone | |
| oobivat | to kill | |
| ookadeet | to leave | |
| ookadetted | left | |
| ooko | ear | |
| ookoes | ears | |
| oomny | clever / smart | |
| oozhassny | terrible | |
| oozied | chained | |
| oozies | chains | |
| oozy | to chain (vb) / chain (n) | |
| orc-top | ugly or orc-like haircut | |
| osoosh | to wipe, dry | |
| otchkies | eyeglasses | |
| over-gown | dressing gown | |
| ozone | air / sky | |
| paintjob | painting (n) / work of art | |
| pan-handle | erection | |
| pan-handled | erect | |
| pantalonies | trousers | |
| papapa | father | |
| pee | father | |
| pee and em | parents | |
| peet | to drink | |
| pischa | food | |
| platch | to cry | |
| platties | clothes | |
| play the shoot | play the fool | |
| plennied | imprisoned | |
| plenny | prisoner | |
| plesk | splash (n) / to splash (vb) | |
| pletcho | shoulder | |
| pletchoes | shoulders | |
| plosh | splash (n) / to splash (vb) | |
| plott | body | |
| plunge | enter sexually | |
| podooshka | pillow | |
| pol | sex | |
| polezny | useful | |
| polyclef | skeleton key | |
| pony | to understand | |
| poog | fright (n) | |
| poogly | to frighten | |
| pooglying | frightening | |
| pooshka | gun, cannon | |
| pop-disc | record / single / album | |
| pop-show | concert | |
| popdiskery | record shop | |
| popgang | musical group / band | |
| post-charlie | postman | |
| postjoint | post office | |
| pot | belly | |
| prestoopnick | criminal | |
| pretty polly | money | |
| privodeet | to lead | |
| privodevat | leader | |
| prod | to produce | |
| prodovat | producer | |
| promovid | music video | |
| ptitsa | girl / woman | |
| publicwise | publicly / in public | |
| purplewurple | purple | |
| pusspot | cat | |
| pyahnitsa | drunk (n) | |
| rabbit | to work (vb) / job (n) | |
| radosty | joy | |
| raskazz | story | |
| rasp | sing | |
| rassoodock | mind | |
| raz | time / occasion | |
| razdraz | to upset | |
| razdrazzled | upset (adj) | |
| razdrazzling | upsetting | |
| razovat | timing | |
| razrez | to rip | |
| razzes | times / occasions | |
| razzied | timed | |
| riffle | rummage | |
| right as dodgers | right as rain / all right | |
| rock | arm | |
| rod | penis | |
| rook | hand | |
| rooker | fist | |
| rookerful | handful | |
| rookers | fists | |
| Rosa Klebs | steel toes | |
| rot | mouth (n) / to mouth (vb) | |
| rozz | cop, policeman | |
| rozzes | cops, policemen | |
| rozzshop | police station | |
| rozzvan | police van / police vehicle | |
| Rudegig Van | Van Morrison | |
| Rudegig Van's glorious Ninth | Van Morrison's ninth album | |
| sabog | shoe | |
| sakar | sugar | |
| sakary | sugary | |
| sammy | generous | |
| sarky | sarcastic | |
| schlemmie-head | helmet head (kind of haircut) | |
| scoff | to eat (vb) / meal (n) | |
| scotchman | drink of whisky | |
| scoteena | cow | |
| scrib | to write | |
| shaika | gang | |
| sharp | female | |
| sharries | ass, buttocks | |
| shest | barrier | |
| shested | walled | |
| shilarnied | concerned | |
| shilarny | concern | |
| shilarnying | concerning | |
| shitter | unit of foreign currency | |
| shive | slice (n) / to slice (vb) | |
| shivvied | sliced | |
| shiyah | neck | |
| shlaga | to club (vb) / club, bat (n) | |
| shlagnicked | clubbed | |
| shlapa | hat | |
| shlem | helmet | |
| shlemmies | helmets | |
| shoom | noise | |
| shoomnier | noisier | |
| shoomny | noisy / loud | |
| shoot | to fool (vb) / fool (n) | |
| shooty | foolish | |
| shred | to tear, rip | |
| shvat | to take | |
| silver-like | shiny | |
| sinnies | movies | |
| sinny | movie | |
| skazat | to say | |
| skirk | to scratch (vb) / scratch (n) | |
| skolliwoll | school | |
| skool | school | |
| skoolbrat | schoolboy | |
| skorry | quick | |
| skrike | scratch (n) / to scratch (vb) | |
| skvat | to grab | |
| skydome | airport | |
| sladkies | sweets | |
| sladkvattest | sweetest | |
| sladky | sweet (adj) / sweet (n) | |
| slog | a measure of drink | |
| slogo | word | |
| sloochat | to happen | |
| sloochatting | happening | |
| sloochavvy | happening (adj) | |
| sloosh | to listen | |
| slooshy | to hear | |
| slovo | word | |
| smeck | to laugh (vb) / laugh (n) | |
| smot | to look (vb) / look (n) | |
| sneet | to dream (vb) / dream (n) | |
| sneeties | dreams | |
| sneeting | dreaming | |
| sneezy | fizzy / effervescent | |
| snout | nose | |
| snoutful's nuke | smell (n) / noseful | |
| snoutie | tobacco | |
| snuff | to die | |
| snuff it | to die | |
| sobirat | to pick up | |
| sod | to fuck | |
| sodded | fucked / tired / burned out | |
| sodding | fucking | |
| sonic | sound system (n) | |
| soomka | bag (insulting term for a woman) | |
| sophistos | sophisticated or wealthy people | |
| soviet | order / instruction | |
| spat | to sleep | |
| spatchka | sleep (n) | |
| spatting | sleeping | |
| splodge | splash (n) / to splash (vb) | |
| splosh | splash (n) / to splash (vb) | |
| spoogy | terrified / frightened | |
| spot | spotlight | |
| staja | State Jail | |
| starry | old | |
| stetho | stethoscope | |
| strack | horror | |
| stracky | horrible | |
| streckified | stained | |
| strecky | stain (n) / to stain (vb) | |
| streetcanyon | city street | |
| stripy hole | jail | |
| suds | beer | |
| sunny | the sun | |
| swill | to drink (vb) / drink (n) | |
| synthemesc | a specific drug | |
| synthemescs | chemical drugs | |
| syph | syphilis | |
| tally | waist | |
| tashtook | handkerchief | |
| tass | cup | |
| televiddy | television | |
| this nochy | tonight | |
| thiswise | like this | |
| thumbstreckied | thumbstained | |
| tick tocker | heart | |
| ticklewickle | brush (vb) / touch lightly (vb) | |
| to mentalise | to think | |
| tojo | strongman | |
| tolchock | to hit (vb) / hit (n) | |
| tome | book | |
| tomtick | bit, piece | |
| toofles | slippers | |
| tree | three | |
| turnitoe | spinning (as in dancing) | |
| twanged off | finished / faded out (applies to record or song) | |
| twenty to one | violence / kicks | |
| ultra violence | violence | |
| unfair Bog | cruel God | |
| untruss | remove codpiece & trousers | |
| vareet | to cook up, plan | |
| vaysay | washroom | |
| veck | person, man | |
| vedge | vegetables | |
| vellocet | a specific drug | |
| veshch | thing | |
| veteran | rum & cherry brandy drink | |
| viddy | to see | |
| viddygaze | to gaze (vb) / gaze (n) | |
| voloss | hair | |
| volosses | hairs | |
| von | smell (n) | |
| vonny : | smelly | |
| vred | to damage, harm | |
| vredded | damaged, harmed | |
| wangdang | work of art / artefact | |
| warble | song (n) / to sing (vb) | |
| warbling | singing | |
| welly well | well well | |
| whizzmash | to drive recklessly | |
| with Bog and all his angels | out of it / stoned | |
| wonk | to mumble | |
| yahma | hole | |
| yahood | Jewish | |
| yahoodies | Jews | |
| yahoody | Jew | |
| yahzick | tongue | |
| yank general | cognac drink | |
| yarbles | testicles | |
| yarblockos | bollocks | |
| yawp | open mouth (n) | |
| yearny | longing (adj) | |
| yeckate | to drive | |
| yumyumyum | beauty / pleasure | |
| zammechat | remarkable | |
| zasnoot | to sleep | |
| zheena | wife | |
| zoo | jail | |
| zoobies | teeth | |
| zooby | tooth | |
| zvonock | doorbell | |
| zvook | sound |