"Ozverin" - nastyashchee lekarstvo ili fantaziya

[Nina Tyurina]

The word "Ozverin" emerged in a popular Russian cartoon “Adventures of
Leopold the Cat.”  One of the episodes of the cartoon is centered around
Leopold the Cat going to the doctor with a complaint of being “too kind”
and therefore being taken advantage of.  The doctor prescribes him
“Ozverin”, a medicine that would make “an animal out of him.”  Therefore,
yes, “Ozverin” is derived from “ozveret’”.

I doubt that there could be an actual medicine with the same name, since
the word “Ozverin” is rather heavily marked as humorous and cartoon-related.

Nina Tyurina
Northwestern University

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On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:22:58 pm CDT FRISON Philippe wrote:

Dear colleagues,

I just found the word "Ozverin", which is supposed to stand for some drug
against sleepishness, but cannot be bought without a doctor's prescription.

However Google does not give other hits than jokes (connected with Viagra
and vodka parties).

Is it just a play on the root "ozveret'",
or is it something like a neuroleptic drug ?

Sincerely

Philippe Frison
Conference translator
Strasbourg - France

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