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Word: horrorshow (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...There is universal social security. The millicents (police) are everywhere. Russia is the dominant influence (the pop singers are Berti Laski and Johnny Zhivago), and it is suggested that Alex and his dreadful droogs (gangmates) get their Russian-based special vocabulary by subliminal propaganda. Life for Alex is real horrorshow (just fine-from the Russian kho-rosho?). Alex wears skin-tight black tights, padded pletchoes (shoulders) and real horrorshow boots for kicking. He likes to go to milk bars for the old moloko (milk) or milk-plus, a teen tipple laced with what seems to be mescaline. Thus hyped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Ultimate Beatnik | 2/15/1963 | See Source »

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