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Delusibeta · Jun 28, 2013

Adding new entries for not one but two words featured in (and, crucially, popularised by) the show, the new OED first tells us that smeg is:

smeg, n. (and int.)
Etymology: Perhaps originally an invented word; if so, later frequently interpreted as shortened < SMEGMA n.
slang.
Originally: used as a general expletive. Later also:
smegma; any viscous substance. Also as
int.
Popularized by the British television programme Red Dwarf (1988-99).

... before also going on to define the show's most famous insult, the compound word smeghead, rather delightfully as "a fool or contemptible person".

So, there you go. "Smeg" is now officially an English word, and anyone who disagrees is a smeghead.

AzureSkies · Jun 28, 2013

Blake'sGrave · Jun 28, 2013

Thank you based Oxford dictionary

Gattsu25 · Jun 28, 2013

Whatever you do do not image search Smegma

FillerB · Jun 28, 2013

Oh Smeg. What the smegging smeg have they smegging done?

CarpeDeezNutz · Jun 28, 2013

Alllriighht! Who used it the most on red dwarf I wonder.

Busty · Jun 28, 2013

This would be hilarious...., if it was 1995. Frankly Red Dwarf as a series (which I loved..., as a teenager) hasn't aged very well.

The fact that they still make Red Dwarf just totally baffles me. At this point it's so cheap and nasty it's barely a step above fan made Youtube tributes.

Just thinking about the audience who still eagerly watches new episodes of Red Dwarf (bearded, real ale drinkers with Lister t-shirts and dog eared copies of The Hobbit) makes me feel queasy.

Tunesmith · Jun 28, 2013

You're such a ssmmeeeeeeeee-

Starwolf_UK · Jun 28, 2013

Is cowabunga next?

Busty said:
The fact that they still make Red Dwarf just totally baffles me. At this point it's so cheap and nasty it's barely a step above fan made Youtube tributes.

Its been over a decade since I've seen a Red Dwarf episode but I recall it always was really cheap looking. Or is it somehow even worse now?

NekoFever · Jun 28, 2013

Smeg is also a brand of kitchen appliances. I thought it was hilarious when I saw a shop with their logo in the window.

Conciliator · Jun 28, 2013

Somehow I knew it would be British.

Busty · Jun 28, 2013

Starwolf_UK said:
Its been over a decade since I've seen a Red Dwarf episode but I recall it always was really cheap looking. Or is it somehow even worse now?

*nods*

It's not even produced by the BBC anymore. It's produced/financed by a UK cable channel called (and I'm not joking) Dave that is best known for showing repeats of Top Gear.

Kinyou · Jun 28, 2013

CarpeDeezNutz · Jun 28, 2013

Guys guys guys... It was always cheap looking, what appealed to me were their philosophical musings.

Funky Papa · Jun 28, 2013

The marketing team of a certain high end Italian manufacturer of appliances must be on suicide watch

derder · Jun 28, 2013

Gattsu25 said:
Whatever you do do not image search Smegma

noooooooooooooooooooooooo

magicstop · Jun 28, 2013

I love British humor. My favorite TV show of all time is Fawlty Towers. The Pythons and their sketch comedy bring me to tears. Fry and Laurie are classic, and I even enjoy (guiltily?) Black Books. But I finally tried to watch Red Dwarf yesterday, as I saw it on Netflix. I couldn't handle it. It was so absolutely annoying and grating and awful. I know it's considered a classic, but it's not one I'll be enjoying, me thinks.

magicstop · Jun 28, 2013

CarpeDeezNutz said:
Guys guys guys... It was always cheap looking, what appealed to me were their philosophical musings.

Your username says it all, really

Ace Harding · Jun 28, 2013

"Any viscous substance?"

Oh no Oxford. Smegma is a very specific viscous substance.

Cerebral Assassin · Jun 28, 2013

Busty said:
This would be hilarious...., if it was 1995. Frankly Red Dwarf as a series (which I loved..., as a teenager) hasn't aged very well.

The fact that they still make Red Dwarf just totally baffles me. At this point it's so cheap and nasty it's barely a step above fan made Youtube tributes.

Just thinking about the audience who still eagerly watches new episodes of Red Dwarf (bearded, real ale drinkers with Lister t-shirts and dog eared copies of The Hobbit) makes me feel queasy.

You do realise that the new series are less cheap looking than any of the prior series(& the first 4-5 series hold up perfectly well), so if I was you I would get my eyes tested.

SirRyanOfSmeg · Jun 28, 2013

Nikodemos · Jun 28, 2013

Funky Papa said:
The marketing team of a certain high end Italian manufacturer of appliances must be on suicide watch

Those are some pretty nice retro 'doorhandle' fridges.

Jedeye Sniv · Jun 28, 2013

magicstop said:
I love British humor. My favorite TV show of all time is Fawlty Towers. The Pythons and their sketch comedy bring me to tears. Fry and Laurie are classic, and I even enjoy (guiltily?) Black Books. But I finally tried to watch Red Dwarf yesterday, as I saw it on Netflix. I couldn't handle it. It was so absolutely annoying and grating and awful. I know it's considered a classic, but it's not one I'll be enjoying, me thinks.

Black Books is awesome, nothing guitly about that. How do you feel about IT Crowd, Father Ted or Spaced?

sixteen-bit · Jun 28, 2013

up next: Smega Man

Ace Harding · Jun 28, 2013

sixteen-bit said:
up next: Smega Man

Haha oh god my breakfast almost came out of my nose.

magicstop · Jun 28, 2013

Jedeye Sniv said:
Black Books is awesome, nothing guitly about that. How do you feel about IT Crowd, Father Ted or Spaced?

Ah, I forgot to mention Father Ted. Quite a fan, though it's certainly aged a bit. And the British Office was amazing (I have a crush on Ricky). I haven't seen IT Crowd or Spaced. Shall I queue them up on Netflix?

EDIT:
Even a short gif of Ricky brings me to tears:

akira28 · Jun 28, 2013

Busty said:
This would be hilarious...., if it was 1995. Frankly Red Dwarf as a series (which I loved..., as a teenager) hasn't aged very well.

The fact that they still make Red Dwarf just totally baffles me. At this point it's so cheap and nasty it's barely a step above fan made Youtube tributes.

Just thinking about the audience who still eagerly watches new episodes of Red Dwarf (bearded, real ale drinkers with Lister t-shirts and dog eared copies of Lolita, save one page) makes me feel queasy.

ladies and gentlemen, here to give us our smeghead demonstration, Busty.

The Cowboy · Jun 28, 2013

They should put a little picture beside Smeghead in the dictionary (like the "homer" in the Simpsons).

Smeghead: a fool or contemptible person.
A Smeghead.

EBCubs03 · Jun 28, 2013

Funky Papa said:
The marketing team of a certain high end Italian manufacturer of appliances must be on suicide watch

Wtf how are these things supposed to look good in a contemporary kitchen? The colors can't seriously be this ugly.. I wonder what the hell an Italian kitchen looks like

mclem · Jun 28, 2013

magicstop said:
I love British humor. My favorite TV show of all time is Fawlty Towers. The Pythons and their sketch comedy bring me to tears. Fry and Laurie are classic, and I even enjoy (guiltily?) Black Books. But I finally tried to watch Red Dwarf yesterday, as I saw it on Netflix. I couldn't handle it. It was so absolutely annoying and grating and awful. I know it's considered a classic, but it's not one I'll be enjoying, me thinks.

Which Red Dwarf?

It's been through several significant revamps and reinventions; series 1 is *vastly* different from series 6 which is *vastly* different from Back To Earth. And some of the series were downright poor, while others were incredible.

And there's nothing wrong with enjoying Black Books. At all. Mildly surprised at no mention of Blackadder, Spaced or Father Ted if you're going to rattle off great UK sitcoms, though.

magicstop said:
Ah, I forgot to mention Father Ted. Quite a fan, though it's certainly aged a bit. And the British Office was amazing (I have a crush on Ricky). I haven't seen IT Crowd or Spaced. Shall I queue them up on Netflix?

Spaced is phenomenal. Do it.

peanutbutterlatte · Jun 28, 2013

Uh... smegma isn't just any viscous substance.

Busty · Jun 28, 2013

Cerebral Assassin said:
You do realise that the new series are less cheap looking than any of the prior series(& the first 4-5 series hold up perfectly well), so if I was you I would get my eyes tested.

While I admit I could only stomach a little of the new episodes it didn't change the fact that horrible physical sets are preferable to horrible green screen 'virtual sets' any day of the week.....,

Carl · Jun 28, 2013

Uhm. Wow okay that's kinda weird.

shanshan310 · Jun 28, 2013

excellent.

If you're into British comedy of that era, the young ones is also brilliant.

Cerebral Assassin · Jun 28, 2013

Busty said:
While I admit I could only stomach a little of the new episodes it didn't change the fact that horrible physical sets are preferable to horrible green screen 'virtual sets' any day of the week.....,

I don't know why I'm bothering, but the physical sets were better in the new series & the old series had plenty of shitty green screen scenes,so your argument holds little weight.

freenudemacusers · Jun 28, 2013

Hey what's a smegma? Goes to google image search...

Gattsu25 said:
Whatever you do do not image search Smegma

;(

Busty · Jun 28, 2013

Cerebral Assassin said:
I don't know why I'm bothering, but the physical sets were better in the new series & the old series had plenty of shitty green screen scenes,so your argument holds little weight.

Your sensitivity amuses me greatly.

Back to your homemade ale and faded prog rock t-shirts man.

efyu_lemonardo · Jun 28, 2013

Yes!

The future is now!

chicagocubsfan · Jun 28, 2013

Reminds me of Gintama

Ferrio · Jun 28, 2013

Gattsu25 said:
Whatever you do do not image search Smegma

davepoobond · Jun 28, 2013

They couldn't even get their comma through acceptance. What makes them the authoratative source of new English words?

Amagon · Jun 28, 2013

I've been calling my buddy a smega my for years. That is all.

APZonerunner · Jun 28, 2013

Cisce said:

SMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE--- HEEEEEEE--

Godlike scene. Amazing.

Henchmen21 · Jun 28, 2013

Cerebral Assassin said:
I don't know why I'm bothering, but the physical sets were better in the new series & the old series had plenty of shitty green screen scenes,so your argument holds little weight.

Well actually, only series 7 & Back to the Red were Green-Screened (notice how both are post Grant era). Every other were sets.

APZonerunner said:
SMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE--- HEEEEEEE--

Godlike scene. Amazing.

"You sir are a SMRRRRRR-HEEEEEEE"

Funky Papa · Jun 28, 2013

EBCubs03 said:
Wtf how are these things supposed to look good in a contemporary kitchen? The colors can't seriously be this ugly.. I wonder what the hell an Italian kitchen looks like

Smeg fridges are pretty rad.

They are also quite pricy, though.

Henchmen21 · Jun 28, 2013

Except they only way they work is if you decorate your kitchen in a faux 60's look and really, who with taste would actually do that?

thesuperfunk · Jun 28, 2013

Cisce said:

Tunesmith said:
You're such a ssmmeeeeeeeee-

Bravo sirs!

smilebig1337 · Jun 28, 2013

Gattsu25 said:
Whatever you do do not image search Smegma

I regret nothing.

IceCold · Jun 28, 2013

Funky Papa said:
Smeg fridges are pretty rad.

They are also quite pricy, though.

They are tiny.

jstripes · Jun 28, 2013

Starwolf_UK said:
Is cowabunga next?

Its been over a decade since I've seen a Red Dwarf episode but I recall it always was really cheap looking. Or is it somehow even worse now?

Back to Earth was horrid, but the most recent series (Red Dwarf X) went back to the formula and it was actually pretty good.

(The only thing I didn't like was retconning Rimmer's middle name's origin. It took away from the character.)

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