smeg
English
Etymology
A clipping of smegma, popularised by the British sitcom Red Dwarf.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /smɛɡ/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɡ
Interjection
smeg
- (slang) Used as a swear word.
Verb
smeg (third-person singular simple present smegs, present participle smegging, simple past and past participle smegged)
- (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.
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Derived terms
- smegger
- smegging
- smeghead
See also
- Appendix:Fictional English curse words
Anagrams
- EGMs, GEMs, Gems, MEGs, MGEs, Megs, gems, megs
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish smeic. Cognate with Irish smig.
Noun
smeg f
- chin