I have always wondered what the title Clockwork Orange means.I had not seen the film till couple of days ago. But seeing the film did not make it easier to understand what this title means. Then I found this page that says: "As the Author-within-the-novella (F. Alexander) and later the Droog Alex himself, uses the term, a clockwork orange is the result of society's socialization of man from a sweet and oozing thing of God into a Mechanical Creation. Burgess explains that this name is taken from old-London slang (not quite Nasdat) for a bizarre thing that is "queer to the limit of queerness." For this purpose, the translated titles, specifically the later-on and really quite incorrect ascription of Maylay (shudder, shudder) just don't capture Burgess' Cockney intent."