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Nadsat English Word origin
A
appy polly loggy apology Highly exaggerated pronunciation of apology
B
baboochka old woman бабушка, babushka lit. "grandmother"
baddiwad bad —
banda band банда, banda "gang"
barry place prison —
bezoomny mad, crazy безумный bezumny
biblio library библиотека, biblioteka
bitva battle битва, bitva
Bog God бог, bog
bolnoy sick больной bol'noy
bolshy big, great большой bol'shoy
boohoo, boohoohoo to cry from the sound that one makes while crying
brat, bratty brother брат, brat
bratchny b*****d брачный (matrimonial), brachny - likely a shortened внебрачный (out-of-wedlock), vnebrachny, even though stripping it of the prefix inverts the meaning
britva razor бритва britva
brooko belly брюхо bryukho
brosay, brosat to throw бросай (throw! - imperative), brosay, бросать, "to throw"
bugatty rich богатый, bogaty.
C
cal crap, s**t кал, kal "feces", sometimes used as an invective as well
cancer cigarette From the disease heavy smoking is most commonly associated with
cantora office контора, kontora
carman pocket карман, karman
chai tea чай, chay
charles, charlie chaplain a play on Charlie Chaplin
chasha cup чашка, chashka; чаша, chasha, "large bowl"
chasso guard часовой, chasovoy
cheena woman женщина, zhenshchina
cheest to wash чистить, chistit', "to clean"
chelloveck person, man, fellow человек, chelovek, "person", "man"
chepooka nonsense чепуха, chepukha
choodessny wonderful чудесный, chudesny
chumble to mumble —
clop to knock хлопать, khlopat, "clap"
cluve beak клюв, klyuv
collocol bell колокол, kolokol
crack to break up, smash —
crark to howl ?
crast steal, rob, robbery красть, krast', "to steal"
creech to shout, scream кричать, krichat'
cutter money Possible connection with shrapnel, as in loose change
D
dama lady дама, dama
ded, dedoochka old man дед, ded, дедушка, dedooshka "grandfather", coll. "old man"
deng money деньги, dengi
devotchka young woman девочка, devochka, "girl"
dobby good добрый, dobry "kind", "good"
dook trace, ghost дух, dukh, lit. "spirit"
domy house дом, dom
dorogoy dear, valuable дорогой, dorogoy
dratsing fighting драться, dratsya, "to fight"
drencrom drug possibly "Adrenochrome"
droog friend друг, droog, "friend"
dung to defecate —
dva two два, dva
E
eegra game игра, igra
eemya name имя, imya
eggiweg egg Juvenile mutation of "egg"
F
filly to play or fool around with ?
firegold drink ?
fist to punch from Engl. fist
flip wild ?
forella trout форель, forel
fuzzy scratchy
G
gazetta newspaper газета, gazeta
glazz, glazzies, glazzballs eye, eyes (also used to refer to nipples) глаз, glaz
gloopy stupid глупый, glupy
golly unit of money rhyming slang, "lolly," or "polly"
goloss voice голос, golos
goober lip губа, guba
gooly to walk гулять, gulyat'
gorlo throat горло
govoreet speak говорить, govorit'
grahzny dirty грязный, gryazny
grazzy soiled грязь, gryaz, "dirt", грязный, gryazny, "dirty"
gromky loud громкий
groody breast грудь, grud', "breast", груди, grudi, "breasts"
gruppa group группа, gruppa
gulliver head голова, golova
guttiwuts guts —
H
hen-korm chickenfeed Engl. hen + корм, korm, lit. "feed (n)"
horn to cry out —
horrorshow good, well хорошо, khorosho, "well", "good"
I
in-out in-out, the old in and out sexual intercourse/rape —
interessovat to interest интересовать, interesovat
itty to go идти, idti, "to go"
[edit] J
jammiwam jam Juvenile mutation of the word "jam"
jeezny life жизнь, zhizn'
K
kartoffel potatoes картофель, kartofel which itself is derived from German Kartoffel, "potato"
kashl cough кашель, kashel
keeshkas guts кишка, kishka, "gut"
kleb bread хлеб, khleb
klootch key ключ, klyuch
knives drugs
knopka button кнопка
kopat to 'dig' (appreciate) копать, "to dig" (literally)
korova cow корова
koshka, kot cat, tomcat кошка, кот
koshtoom clothing костюм, kostyum "suit"
krovvy blood кровь, krov'
kupet to buy купить, kupit'
L
lapa paw лапа
lewdies people люди, lyudi
litso face лицо
lomtick piece, bit ломтик, lomtik, "slice"
luna moon луна
loveted caught ловить, lovit', lit. "to catch"
lubbilubbing making love любить, lyubit, "to love", люблю, lyublyu, "(I) love"
luscious glory hair rhyming slang, possibly "upper storey" (or, more likely, a reference to 'crowning glory')
M
malchick boy мальчик
malenky little, tiny маленький
maslo butter масло
merzky filthy мерзкий, lit. "vile"
messel thought, fancy мысль, mysl'
mesto place место
mewler (or: mowler) to mew —
millicents police from милиционер, militsioner, lit. "a militsiya officer"
minoota minute минута, minuta
molodoy young молодой
moloko milk молоко
Moloko plus milk laced with drugs, those being drencrom (which possibly refers to adrenochrome), synthemesc (which possibly refers to synthetic mescaline, mescaline being extracted from peyote, a mexican hallucinatory cactus used in rituals), or vellocet (-cet is a common ending for painkillers, and vello may refer to velocity, possibly referring to speed). Burgess uses the concoction in A Clockwork Orange to make the protagonist Alex become increasingly violent near the beginning of the novel
moodge man муж, muzh, "husband", archaic, high-flown "man"
morder snout морда, morda
mounch snack —
mozg brain мозг
N
nachinat to begin начинать, nachinat'
nadmenny arrogant надменный
nadsat teenage from -надцать, -nadtsat, '-teen' suffix; e.g., одиннадцать, двенадцать, тринадцать, etc.
nagoy naked нагой, "nude", high-flown for "naked"
nazz fool назад, nazad, "backward"
neezhnies underpants нижнее, nizhneye, "lower" (adjective); нижнее бельё, nizhneye belyo, "underwear"
nochy night ночь, noch'
nogas feet, legs нога, noga
nozh knife нож
nuking smelling нюхать, nyukhat'
O
oddy knocky on one's own одинокий, odinokiy, lit. "lonesome"
odin one один
okno window окно
oobivat to kill убивать, ubivat'
ookadeet to leave уходить, ukhodit'
ooko ear ухо, ukho
oomny brainy умный, umny, "clever"
oozhassny terrible ужасный, uzhasny
oozy chain узы, "shackles"
osoosh to wipe осушать, osushat', "to dry"
otchkies eyeglasses очки, ochki
P
pan-handle erection —
pee and em father and mother "pa and ma," "pater and mater"
peet to drink пить pit'
pishcha food пища, pishcha
platch to cry плач, plach
platties clothes платье, platye
pletcho shoulder плечо, plecho
plenny prisoner пленный, plenny, lit. "captive"
plesk splash плеск
plosh to splash onomatopoeia "kerplosh"
plott body плоть, plot', "flesh"
podooshka pillow подушка, podushka
pol sex пол, "gender"
polezny useful полезный
polyclef skeleton key clef is French for "key"; poly- is Greek, meaning "many"
pony to understand понимать, ponimat', "to understand"
poogly frightened испуганный, "frightened", пугливый, puglivy, "easily scared"
pooshka gun пушка, pushka, literally "cannon", slang "gun"
prestoopnik criminal преступник, prestupnik
privodeet to lead somewhere приводить, privodit'
pretty polly money rhyming slang, "lolly"
prod to produce —
ptitsa girl птица, ptitsa, "bird" (common slang in Britain for a young woman)
pyahnitsa drunk пьяница, pyanitsa
R
rabbit work работа, rabota
radosty joy радость, radost, "joy"
raskazz story рассказ, rasskaz
rassoodock mind рассудок, rassudok
raz time раз, lit. "time" as in "one time, two times"
razdraz annoy раздражать, razdrazhat'
razrez to rip, ripping разрез, razrez, "a cut", разрезать, razrezat', "to cut"
rookers arms, hands руки, ruki
rot mouth рот
rozz policeman rozzer is Cockney slang for "policeman"
S
sabog shoe сапог, sapog, "boot"
sakar sugar сахар, sakhar
sammy generous Good Samaritan (Bible Story)
scoteena beast скотина, skotina, "brute"
shaika gang шайка, shayka
sharp female —
sharries buttocks шары, shary, "spheres"
shest barrier шест, "pole"
shilarny concern Possibly Irish, unknown lit. meaning
shive slice Probably from shiv
shiyah neck шея, sheya
shlem helmet шлем
shlaga club German "Schläger", meaning 'club' or 'bat' (lit. 'hitter')
shlapa hat шляпа, shlyapa
shoom noise шум, shum
shoot fool шут, shut, "clown", "jester"
sinny cinema -the first syllable with "y" added
skazat to say сказать, skazat'
skolliwoll school Juvenile mutation of the word "school"
skorry quick, quickly скорый skory
skriking scratching —
skvat to grab схватить, skhvatit
sladky sweet сладкий, sladkiy
sloochat to happen случаться, sluchatsya
sloosh, slooshy to hear, to listen слушать, slushat, "listen", слышать, slyshat, "hear"
slovo word слово
smeck laugh смех, smekh, "laughter"
smot to look смотреть, smotret'
sneety dream сниться, snitsya, "to be seen in a dream"
snoutie tobacco Possibly a form of snuff tobacco
snuff it commit suicide From the phrase used to put out a lit candle (to snuff it). Not exclusively nadsat.
sobirat to pick up собирать, sobirat'
sod to fornicate, fornicator Engl. slang; from sodomy
soomka old woman сумка, sumka, "bag", as in the English slang for old woman
sooka whore сука, sooka, lit. "b***h", as in the common slang for a whorish or unsavoury woman
soviet advice, order совет, soviet, lit. "a piece of advice"
spat, spatchka to sleep спать, spat'
splodge, splosh splash —
spoogy terrified испуганный, ispuganny
Staja cell, State Jail formed from the beginning of the words "STAte JAil"
Steaky Wake Beef Steak a childish pronunciation of the word steak.
starry ancient, old старый, stary
strack horror страх, strakh, "fear"
synthemesc drug possibly "synthetic mescaline"
T
tally waist талия, taliya
tashtook handkerchief from German Taschentuch, lit. "pocket-cloth"
tass cup from French tasse or German Tasse
tick-tocker heart from the sound of a heartbeat
timps drums from English timpani
tolchock push, hit толчок
toofles slippers туфли, tufli, "shoes"
tree three три, tri
V
vareet to cook up варить, varit', lit. "to cook by boiling"
vaysay washroom from French pronunciation of w.-c., "water closet"
veck (see chelloveck) —
vehina wine вино, vino
vellocet drug Probably fabricated; '-cet' is a common ending of painkillers (e.g., percocet, ultracet).
Possibly from speed (velocity), which is slang for the drug amphetamine. Possibly suggested by the British motorcycle manufacturers Velocette.
venail ? (used as tolchocking and venailing) ?
veshch thing вещь, veshch'
viddy see видеть, videt', "to see"
vino wine (also used as blood) вино
voloss hair волос, volos, "a hair"; волосы, volosy, "hair"
von smell вонь, "stench"
vred to harm or damage вред, "harm"
W
warbles songs From the English word "warble", that is, to sing. (As in the birds warblers)
Y
yahma hole яма, yama
yahoodies Jews from Hebrew יהודי yehudi, a man of the tribe of Judah, Jew
yahzick tongue язык, yazyk
yarbles, yarblockos testicles яблоко, yabloko, "apple"
yeckate to drive ехать, yekhat', "to go (by vehicle)"
Z
zammechat remarkable замечательно, zamechatel'no, "remarkably", "remarkable"
zasnoot sleep заснуть, zasnut', "to fall asleep"
zheena wife жена, zhena
zoobies teeth зубы, zuby
zvonock bellpull звонок, zvonok, "doorbell"
zvook sound звук, zvuk
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