Nadsat

Nadsat is a constructed set of Russian-based slang invented by the linguist, novelist, and composer Anthony Burgess.

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Nadsat is a teen language spoken by Alex and his 'droogs' in the futuristic world of A Clockwork Orange. It is not a written language: the sense that we have of the novel is of a transcription of speech, rather than writing. Nadsat is basically English, with some transliterated words from Russian. It also contains some Cockney influences, some words of unclear origin, and some words that Burgess invented. The word 'nadsat' itself is the tail of Russian numerals from 11 to 19, a close parallel to the English 'teen'.

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Slang: Slang is the non-standard use of words in a language of a particular social group, and sometimes the creation of new words or importation of words from another language. It is a type of neologism. Slang can be described as deviating away from standard language use. Slang functions in two ways; the c...

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