Nadsat , proper n :
The Russian-influenced argot used by the teenage protagonists in Anthony Burgess's novel A Clockwork Orange (1962). English writer Anthony Burgess was born on this day 101 years ago in 1917.
February 25, 2018
Nadsat: Word of the day for February 25, 2018
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