queer as a clockwork orange
Meaning
- Strange, odd, unusual.
- Unusually camp, unusually homosexual.
Translations
inusitat
absonderlich
παράξενος
inconnu
شاذEtymology
Cockney phrase from East London indicating something bizarre internally, but appearing natural and normal on the surface. Author Anthony Burgess appropriated the phrase for the title of his novella A Clockwork Orange.
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