I loved the language. It was amazingly complex. They used the term 'horrorshow' to mean amazing. It's a great term because kids of that age would have thought 'horror shows' are amazing so it makes sense that they might use that term to designate amazing things. But also, 'horrorshow' is the bastardization of a Russian word that means amazing.
So basically a twofer. And so many other examples that prove the genius of Anthony Burgess.
It is where I first learned to interpret British colloquial slang.
And “droog” is Russian for “friend”.
“Horrorshow” was an interesting corruption by Burgess of the Russian word “khorosho”, which means “good” or “well”.