![]() Short for automobile mirrors the usage in Russian: see авто ( avto ) ![]() Highly exaggerated pronunciation of apologies – Burgess's homage to James Joyce's ALP Words of uncertain origin are marked with a '?', and words which are modified English slang (not of foreign origin) are marked with a '-'.Ĭontents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z The translation of the Russian word is also shown if it differs from the English meaning. Its Russian origin is shown in Cyrillic, with an approximate transliteration, if pronounced (very) differently from the Nadsat. The Nadsat slang word is shown with its closest English meaning or meanings. This is a list of the Nadsat words and other fictional terms found in the book by Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange, along with their meanings in English and their lexical origins.
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