The Nadsat Word 'Horrorshow In A Clockwork Orange'

In A Clockwork Orange, Alex uses the nadsat word “horrorshow” extensively to describe many things including actions, events, and observations. The first occurrence of the word comes on the very first page of the book, where Alex describes what happens when he drinks “the old moloko.” The true meaning of this word is difficult to determine because of how Alex’s morals are twisted. He uses it to describe a wide variety of things like blood, murder, beatings, rape, and, in the case of the first page, hallucination. However, horrorshow means “good” or “well” in Alex’s vocabulary. As a result, the word seems to contradict itself until the reader comes to understand Alex. He uses the word to describe the things listed above which the common person