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Disorder Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

horrorshow (adj.)

Hi!

here are two quotes where I saw the use of this word...
I'm not quite sure what it means, can anyone enlighten me please?
thanks in advance

This picture combined not only the real quirky feeling of a clockwork orange, but also the emotion. Pictures taken from [link] & [link] added a mixed media feel, and showed the diverse imagination of our droog Nico1. Very horrorshow. Very horrorshow indeed.

KILLER picture. very horrorshow.
  

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"Very horrowshow" = "Very horrowshow- ish " = "[This is] very similar to a horrowshow". In case you don't know what "ish" means: ----------------- -ish suff. Of, relating to, or being: Swedish.

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  • "Very horrowshow" = "Very horrowshow- ish " = "[This is] very similar to a horrowshow".
  • In case you don't know what "ish" means: ----------------- -ish suff.
  • Of, relating to, or being: Swedish.
  • Characteristic of: girlish.
  • Having the usually undesirable qualities of: childish.
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"Very horrowshow" = "Very horrowshow-ish" = "[This is] very similar to a horrowshow".

In case you don't know what "ish" means:

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suff.
  1. Of, relating to, or being: Swedish.
    1. Characteristic of: girlish.
    2. Having the usually undesirable qualities of: childish.
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hmmm... so in case of describing a picture or something using "horrowshow", it means that the object is causing horror, fear??

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I think the picture would inspire the same feelings a "horrorshow" would.
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The quote is using 'Nadsat', a teenage slang language created by Anthony Burgess for his book A Clockwork Orange. Droog means friend and horrorshow means good or well (In the way that 'wicked' can mean good to teenagers now).



'This picture combined not only the real quirky feeling of a clockwork orange, but also the emotion. Pictures taken from [link] & [link] add
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thanks nona the britfor the clarification Emotion: smile
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Yes, thanks, Nona, I've learnt 2 new words!
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I didn't know that 2 either... Emotion: smile

Thanks Nona... ^^
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BTW, does anybody know the origin of the word 'Nadsat' , and whether it is used at all?
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I don't know the origin of the term "Nadsat" itself, but much of the slang in Clockwork Orange is from Russian - the Russian word for "friend" is pronounced "droog," and "good" in Russian is "khorosho" -- it only taks a slight stretch of the imagination to turn it into "horrorshow."
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Thanks, Khoff Emotion: smile Makes me think of Tintin, you know? "Tintin en Syldavie". Most of the language was direct inspiration from Bruxelle
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