smeg (smeggy)

smeg (smeggy)
n
British
a foolish and/or dirty person. These terms, deriving from smegma, are vulgar-isms which have been popular with schoolboys, students, punks and other youths since the mid-1970s. Despite their origin the words do not usually indi-cate great distaste but rather mild con-tempt or even affection. Smeg and various derivatives such as 'smeg-head' were used in the cult British TV comedy series of the late 1980s Red Dwarf as an all-purpose swearword, a euphemism for fuck or shit.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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  • smeg — A versatile and generic term of non endearment, can be used as an expletive, or as a word to describe someone or something unpleasant. 1. Why don t you smeg off to where you came from. 2. My mouth always feels a bit smeggy in the morning …   Dictionary of american slang

  • smeg — A versatile and generic term of non endearment, can be used as an expletive, or as a word to describe someone or something unpleasant. 1. Why don t you smeg off to where you came from. 2. My mouth always feels a bit smeggy in the morning …   Dictionary of american slang

  • smeggy — n British a foolish and/or dirty person. These terms, deriving from smegma, are vulgar isms which have been popular with schoolboys, students, punks and other youths since the mid 1970s. Despite their origin the words do not usually indi cate… …   Contemporary slang

  • shmeg — n British an idiot. A schoolchildren s term, fash ionable from the 1980s, which is a vari ant form of smeg or smeggy (from smegma), a word popular among young males in the punk era. The altered pro nunciation is influenced by Yiddish words such… …   Contemporary slang

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