• @rottingleaf@lemmy.world
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    03 months 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?

    • @eran_morad@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      “Horrorshow” is the Nadsat word that Alex used in A Clockwork Orange to mean “good”. It’s a bastardized transliteration of хорошо.