# queer as a clockwork orange

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Strange, odd, unusual.
2. Unusually camp, unusually homosexual.

## Etymology
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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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