clockwork orangen.

Brit.

/ˌklɒkwəːk ˈɒrᵻn(d)ʒ/, U.S.

/ˌklɑkˌwərk ˈɔrəndʒ/,

/ˌklɑkˌwərk ˈɑrəndʒ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: clockwork n., orange n.¹

Etymology: < clockwork n. + orange n.¹Notes on senses. This expression is first attested in the context of thought and behaviour control in Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel A Clockwork Orange. It appears here as the name of a book written by one of the characters which criticizes ‘the attempt to impose upon man..laws and conditions appropriate to a mechanical creation’, and is subsequently used by the main protagonist when protesting against the way in which aversion therapy has deprived him of free will (see quot. 1962 at sense 1b). Burgess is recorded as saying that the novel's title was taken from the phrase as queer as a clockwork orange (see sense 1a), though evidence for the existence of this phrase prior to 1962 has not been found. It has been suggested that the idea of a clockwork orange as the type of something very peculiar or bizarre (compare sense 1a) goes back to a famous conjuring trick originally performed by French illusionist Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, in which a small potted orange tree, in fact a highly realistic automaton, appears to blossom and develop fruit, one of which opens to reveal two fluttering butterflies bearing a handkerchief and ring taken earlier from members of the audience. However, evidence to confirm this connection is lacking. In sense 2 with punning allusion to the bright orange livery of the trains, introduced to the Glasgow Subway as part of a modernization scheme in 1979; from 1950 until this date, its rolling stock were red. The generation of trains introduced to the system in 2019 are chiefly white, but retain distinctive orange doors and trim.

a. British. Used in similes and comparisons denoting a person or thing considered to be extremely peculiar; (also) as the type of someone (esp. a man) who is homosexual or overtly gay. Chiefly in as queer as a clockwork orange.

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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > abnormal [phrase]

like nothing on earth1861

from outer space1961

clockwork orange1963

1963 P. Hawkins Real Thing 26 in S. Morris & P. Hawkins Lord of Death & Real Thing I mean, you could smell them out a mile off. Bent. (He touches his head.) Like—like a clockwork orange.

1966 G. M. Williams Camp xii. 184 Few of the section liked Fairyfeet. They all thought he was as queer as a clockwork orange.

1981 ‘G. Gaunt’ Incomer (1982) xviii. 99 ‘I heard what Sergeant Sheldon's reported.’ ‘Didn't we all? It's queer as a clockwork orange.’

2008 R. Hill Cure for All Dis. (2009) v. 50 They've started me on physio with Tony down in this little gym. Queer as a clockwork orange, but he knows his stuff.

b. A person who lacks free will, and whose actions are determined purely by social or behavioural conditioning.Popularized as the title of a novel by Anthony Burgess (see quot. 1962) and Stanley Kubrick's subsequent film adaptation (1971). See discussion in etymology section.

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1962 ‘A. Burgess’ Clockwork Orange ii. vii. 129 Am I just to be like a clockwork orange?]

1971 Film Comment Winter 30/2 Alex has been deprived of moral choice by the State and thus has become a ‘clockwork orange’—something that appears human but is only mechanical.

1972 Contemp. Sociol. 1 394/2 The mechanisms of influence..are in the hands of communications experts who make clockwork oranges out of ‘alienative’ ideological pessimists.

2013 @Heddwas 3 Dec. in twitter.com (accessed 28 Oct. 2019) Either man has free will or we're all clockwork oranges.

2. (A humorous name for) a carriage or train on the Glasgow Subway; (hence also) the underground railway system of Glasgow.

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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > underground train

tube-train1901

clockwork orange1978

society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > carriage designed to carry passengers

steam-carriage1788

railway carriage1824

carriage1825

railroad carriage1826

railroad car1829

railroad coach1829

rail carriage1831

coach1832

passenger car1832

steam-car1833

passenger carriage1838

passenger coach1841

day coach1869

bogie1919

clockwork orange1978

society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > a railway > with specific situation or route > underground

sub-railway1835

underground railway1845

subway1864

underground1866

tube1900

tube railway1900

metro1904

Met1909

the Tube1924

U-bahn1938

clockwork orange1978

1978 Underground News (London Underground Railway Soc.) No. 199. 520 All 33 ‘Clockwork Oranges’ as the new cars have already been nicknamed will be delivered by August.

2019 @peasmoldia 26 Jan. in twitter.com (accessed 29 Oct. 2019) I have happy memories of working in Glasgow too—over in the Shields Road area—and then using the clockwork orange to get there from the centre [‘nerd face’ emoji].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	clockwork orange
释义	clockwork orangen. Brit. /ˌklɒkwəːk ˈɒrᵻn(d)ʒ/, U.S. /ˌklɑkˌwərk ˈɔrəndʒ/, /ˌklɑkˌwərk ˈɑrəndʒ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: clockwork n., orange n.¹ Etymology: < clockwork n. + orange n.¹Notes on senses. This expression is first attested in the context of thought and behaviour control in Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel A Clockwork Orange. It appears here as the name of a book written by one of the characters which criticizes ‘the attempt to impose upon man..laws and conditions appropriate to a mechanical creation’, and is subsequently used by the main protagonist when protesting against the way in which aversion therapy has deprived him of free will (see quot. 1962 at sense 1b). Burgess is recorded as saying that the novel's title was taken from the phrase as queer as a clockwork orange (see sense 1a), though evidence for the existence of this phrase prior to 1962 has not been found. It has been suggested that the idea of a clockwork orange as the type of something very peculiar or bizarre (compare sense 1a) goes back to a famous conjuring trick originally performed by French illusionist Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, in which a small potted orange tree, in fact a highly realistic automaton, appears to blossom and develop fruit, one of which opens to reveal two fluttering butterflies bearing a handkerchief and ring taken earlier from members of the audience. However, evidence to confirm this connection is lacking. In sense 2 with punning allusion to the bright orange livery of the trains, introduced to the Glasgow Subway as part of a modernization scheme in 1979; from 1950 until this date, its rolling stock were red. The generation of trains introduced to the system in 2019 are chiefly white, but retain distinctive orange doors and trim. 1. a. British. Used in similes and comparisons denoting a person or thing considered to be extremely peculiar; (also) as the type of someone (esp. a man) who is homosexual or overtly gay. Chiefly in as queer as a clockwork orange. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > abnormal [phrase] like nothing on earth1861 from outer space1961 clockwork orange1963 1963 P. Hawkins Real Thing 26 in S. Morris & P. Hawkins Lord of Death & Real Thing I mean, you could smell them out a mile off. Bent. (He touches his head.) Like—like a clockwork orange. 1966 G. M. Williams Camp xii. 184 Few of the section liked Fairyfeet. They all thought he was as queer as a clockwork orange. 1981 ‘G. Gaunt’ Incomer (1982) xviii. 99 ‘I heard what Sergeant Sheldon's reported.’ ‘Didn't we all? It's queer as a clockwork orange.’ 2008 R. Hill Cure for All Dis. (2009) v. 50 They've started me on physio with Tony down in this little gym. Queer as a clockwork orange, but he knows his stuff. b. A person who lacks free will, and whose actions are determined purely by social or behavioural conditioning.Popularized as the title of a novel by Anthony Burgess (see quot. 1962) and Stanley Kubrick's subsequent film adaptation (1971). See discussion in etymology section. ΚΠ 1962 ‘A. Burgess’ Clockwork Orange ii. vii. 129 Am I just to be like a clockwork orange?] 1971 Film Comment Winter 30/2 Alex has been deprived of moral choice by the State and thus has become a ‘clockwork orange’—something that appears human but is only mechanical. 1972 Contemp. Sociol. 1 394/2 The mechanisms of influence..are in the hands of communications experts who make clockwork oranges out of ‘alienative’ ideological pessimists. 2013 @Heddwas 3 Dec. in twitter.com (accessed 28 Oct. 2019) Either man has free will or we're all clockwork oranges. 2. (A humorous name for) a carriage or train on the Glasgow Subway; (hence also) the underground railway system of Glasgow. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > underground train tube-train1901 clockwork orange1978 society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > carriage designed to carry passengers steam-carriage1788 railway carriage1824 carriage1825 railroad carriage1826 railroad car1829 railroad coach1829 rail carriage1831 coach1832 passenger car1832 steam-car1833 passenger carriage1838 passenger coach1841 day coach1869 bogie1919 clockwork orange1978 society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > a railway > with specific situation or route > underground sub-railway1835 underground railway1845 subway1864 underground1866 tube1900 tube railway1900 metro1904 Met1909 the Tube1924 U-bahn1938 clockwork orange1978 1978 Underground News (London Underground Railway Soc.) No. 199. 520 All 33 ‘Clockwork Oranges’ as the new cars have already been nicknamed will be delivered by August. 2019 @peasmoldia 26 Jan. in twitter.com (accessed 29 Oct. 2019) I have happy memories of working in Glasgow too—over in the Shields Road area—and then using the clockwork orange to get there from the centre [‘nerd face’ emoji]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1963
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