noun General Slang

Malchick

/ˈmɑːltʃɪk/ · noun · slang

Nadsat for a boy or young man, from the Russian 'malchik'.

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Often paired with 'devotchka' to mark the young, restless world the narrator moves in.

“A malchick and a devotchka by the jukebox, sizing each other up.”
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In Nadsat, a malchick is a boy or young man. Source word: Russian 'malchik' (мальчик), literally 'boy'.

“Alex thinks of himself and his droogs as malchicks out for the night.”
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Carries the sense of a teenager old enough to cause trouble but still adolescent, central to the novel's 'nadsat' (teenage) theme.

“Just malchicks, he says, as if youth excused everything.”
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Malchick In A Sentence

Every malchick on the block knew Alex's name.
He was only a young malchick when it all began.
Two malchicks and a baboochka shared the long bus ride.

Origin & Usage

Coined by Burgess in A Clockwork Orange (1962) from the Russian 'malchik', 'boy'. It anchors the novel's focus on 'nadsat' youth, the suffix Burgess used for the whole argot.

Variants malchicksmalchik
Tags #nadsat#clockwork-orange#fictional#literary#people

People Also Ask

What does malchick mean?

It is Nadsat for a boy or young man, from the Russian 'malchik'.

Where did malchick come from?

Anthony Burgess took it from the Russian 'malchik' for his 1962 novel A Clockwork Orange.

What is the female counterpart of malchick?

In Nadsat the rough counterpart is devotchka, meaning girl.

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