smeg

English

Etymology

Popularised by the British sitcom Red Dwarf, whose makers describe it as an arbitrary coinage unconnected to smegma; see the Wikipedia article for further discussion.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /smɛɡ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Interjection

smeg

  1. (slang) Used as a swear word.

Verb

smeg (third-person singular simple present smegs, present participle smegging, simple past and past participle smegged)

  1. (slang) To mess up.
    • 2005, Michael Donnelly, Awakening Curry Buckle, →ISBN:
      "Sorry I smegged up your face, man." Curry shrugged.
    • 2009, Bob Fischer, Wiffle Lever to Full!, →ISBN:
      My finances are completely smegged.
    • 2015, Naomi Jacobs, Forgotten Girl, →ISBN:
      I stood there, smegged to silence by the colour screen and mini camera watching me like a suspicious eye.

Derived terms

See also
  • Appendix:Fictional English curse words

Anagrams

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish smeic. Cognate with Irish smig.

Noun

smeg f

  1. chin
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