Glossary

This is an *attempt* to list all glossary within the selection of the novel. Unfortunately, due to some spam-filter issues, I had to cut it short for the time being. For a more inclusive list, try viewing Category:Glossary Terms.

### Auto

auto - quite obviously, the shortened form of automobile

B

### Baboochka

baboochka - old woman, from Russian бабушка (lit. grandma) It's a deliberate choice, considering 'babushka' had already begun to enter the English lexicon by that time.

### Bezoomny

   bezoomny - crazy, from Russian безумный

### Blue

In the context of Nadsat, "blue" refers to blue-light.

### Boyo

boyo - boy, compare with Glossary/D/Droog

### Britva

    britva - razor, as in straight-razor, from Russian бритва

C

### Cancer

cancer - a tobacco product, from English slang "cancer stick".
Despite what some sarcastic people might say, it is not in fact a reference to the American military-industrial complex.

While the name is cheeky, it is sadly ironic as the author died of lung cancer.

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### Cheest

to cheest - to clean, from Russian чистить

### Chepooka

     chepooka - nonsense, from Russian чепуха

### Copper

    copper - a policeman, from British slang. See also millicent.

### Crast

    crast - to steal, from Russian красть

### Creech

    to creech - to yell, from Russian кричать.. Compare with English "screech".

D

### Decrep

    decrep - shortened form of *decrepit one*

### Devotchka

    devotchka - young woman, girl; from Russian девочка

### Drats

to drats - to fight, from Russian драться

### Droog

droog - friend, from Russian друг

F

### Filly

    to filly - to play (from English, a filly is a young horse, so it is literally "horsing around")

### Flip

    flip - crazy, as in great (adj.)  Uniquely, the term exists in modern English slang, albeit as an adverb (that's flipping cool) and as a way to subvert swearing. There is yet no proper term for this type of word, although Bowdlerizing is a candidate, once again returning us to the question of authorship.

### Forficulate

A footnote in the Rawlinson edition indicates that forficulate indicates a crawling sensation upon the skin.

G

### Glazzy

glazzy - eye or nipple, from Russian глаз

### Goloss

Goloss - voice, language, tone; from Russian голос

### Grazzy

grazzy - dirty, unclean, from Russian грязный

### Gulliver

    gulliver - head, from Russian голова

H

### Hound-and-horny

Glossary/H/Hound-and-horny

I

### In-out

    The old "in-out-in-out" refers to sex: i.e., putting the penis in and taking it out repeatedly.

K

### Kartoffel

    kartoffel - potato/mashed potato, from German

### Kupet

Glossary/K/Kupet

L

### Lip-Music

lip-music - a raspberry (tongue blown between lips to make an obnoxious teasing sound)

### Litso

litso - face , from Russian лицо

M

### Malenky

    malenky - tiny, little, from Russian маленький

### Messel

messel - thought, idea, from Russian мысль

### Millicent

millicent - police officer, from Russian милиция (lit. a militiaman)

### Mozg

    mozg - brain, mind, from Russian мозг.  Compare with rassodock.

N

Glossary/N

O

Glossary/O

P

Glossary/P

R

### Razrez

to razrez - to cut, from Russian разрезать

### Red

In the context of Nadsat, "red" refers to blood.

### Rozz

rozz - policeman (see Glossary/M/Millicent)

S

### Sloosh

    to sloosh - to hear, from Russian слушать

### Spat

to spat - to sleep with, from Russian спать

### Starry

    starry - old, from Russian старый

T

Glossary/T

V

Glossary/V

Y

### Yahma

yahma - hole, from Russian яма

Z

## References

*Due to the nature of how this page was made, many of the citations are redundant. I had to choose between either typing out all of the glossary words on this page (which would have taken too long), using a workaround to make this specific reference list work but instead breaking the glossary citations on every page* but *this one, and this option. I chose this option to preserve the existence of citations on the individual glossary definitions.*

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