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You can thank your compatriots for this horror show. Huh. There’s a double entendre there if you’re familiar with the Russian language, or if you’ve read A Clockwork Orange.

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rottingleaf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

There’s a double entendre there if you’re familiar with the Russian language

As a Russian speaker, I don’t understand this. Could you elaborate?

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- eran_morad@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  “Horror show” is the Nadsat word that Alex used in A Clockwork Orange to mean “good”. It’s a bastardized transliteration of хорошо.
  
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  - rottingleaf@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Ah. OK. Not immediately recognizable, but clear now.
    
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- f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Does “ужасшоу” sound kind of like “asshole”?
  
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